The Estuary
Sir,—How refreshing to read in your Saturday’s issue George Guy’s plea for the estuarian waders and swimmers which feed on the tidal mudflats. Some who "see past their nose” are nevertheless so afflicted with strabismus that they fail to see straight ahead. Years ago an overseas visitor said publicly that we did not realise how fortunate we were to have this wealth of feathered wildlife at our city's door. Surely there are already enough areas where humans who feel the need for constant stimulus can disport themselves, without their despoiling this peaceful haunt of the wildfowl when) the remnant of the populace who enjoy quiet and meditation may watch the waders—herons, stilts, and those delightful comedians the oyster - catchers—congregating and feeding, while gulls and ducks swim, and snags fly low, submerge and surface. The effluvium is from factories’ effluent, which should be compulsorily treated scientifically at its source.—Yours, etc. RR.M. September 30, 1982.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29942, 2 October 1962, Page 3
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