Does summer birding trip to Lincolnshire beckon for King Charles III?

A BIRDING trip to Lincolnshire could be on the cards for King Charles - perhaps as soon as this summer.

The word from Buckingham Palace is that the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe National Nature Reserve and its environs - 12 square miles in total - will soon be renamed 'Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve'.

This could happen between May 20-29 which will be the very first National Nature Reserves Week.

Over each of the next five years, five additional reserves per annum will be included within the 'King's Series of National Nature Reserves'.

First up after the Lincolnshire Coast will be the Mendip Hills in Somerset, Moccas Park in Herefordshire, Ingleborough in North Yorkshire and Lullington in East Sussex.
  
The hope is that, at some point, the King will fly up to Lincolnshire do the official Coronation Coast naming honours, then go birding walkabout with senior officers of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and maybe one or two civic dignitaries. 

Assuming the Lincolnshire visit happens and time permits, he might also be able to slot in brief visits to Gibraltar Point, Frampton Marsh and possibly even North East Lincolnshire Council's two wetland birds mitigation sites at Cress Marsh and Novartis Ings. 

Like his father, the late Prince Philip, King Charles is a flag-flier for wildlife and the welfare of the environment, so there is reason for great optimism about his reign.

In another positive development, every state primary school in Lincolnshire (and other counties) is to be gifted a packet of wildflower seeds courtesy of His Majesty.