Crowd Justice for Minster Marshes
Save Minster Marshes is moving into the next phase. We're appointing a legal representative from the Environmental Law Foundation to challenge the National Grid's unfair consultation process.
The consultation lacked transparency and failed to properly consider the community's voice. We believe a fair process should include clear and accurate information with opportunities for meaningful response.
Please support the fight to Save Minster Marshes. National Grid's plans for environmentally damaging infrastructure threaten ecologically sensitive marshes and nationally important coast and wetland areas. Alternative brownfield sites or offshore locations will have a much lower impact and are possible.
Your donation, no matter the amount, will help us fund legal costs and fight for a fair consultation process. Please donate today by using the link below.
If we don't raise our initial target of £2,500, your pledge will be refunded.
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Rare duck winters on Minster Marshes
A rare Long-tailed duck has been spotted wintering on one of the dykes on Minster Marshes. This illustrates just how important this habitat is for our wildlife.
The RSPB describes the duck below:
The Long-tailed Duck is a small, neat sea duck. They have small round heads and steep foreheads. In winter, the male is mainly white with some brownish-black markings. It also has greatly elongated tail feathers which give it its name. Females are browner. When in flight, they show their all dark wings and white bellies. They don't breed in the UK, but protection of their wintering sites is important, because they're vulnerable to oil pollution at sea. They're a winter visitor and passage migrant to the UK, most commonly from Northumberland to northern Scotland. Long-tailed Ducks are listed as a Schedule 1 species under The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Video: Keith Ross
Kent Wildlife Trust launches campaign to oppose SeaLink!
We’re really pleased to let you know that Kent Wildlife Trust (KWT) launches their campaign today which urges National Grid to Rethink SeaLink.
This is great news for Save Minster Marshes – by working together, we have a much greater chance of overturning National Grid’s plans, meaning we can protect the unique interconnected ecosystems of the Marshes, Pegwell Bay and Goodwin Sands.
Read more about KWT’s Rethink Sea Link campaign HERE
Read their previous response to National Grid’s plans HERE
Watch a video featuring KWT Sandwich and Pegwell Bay warden Nina Jones HERE
Please sign up to their mailing list to show your support for their campaign – it’s really important that we work together to secure the future of this special part of Thanet.
Public consultation ends on 18th December
If you prefer to send your comments to National Grid by email rather then filling out their forms which a lot of people are finding difficult to use they have provided this email address to comment: contact@sealink.nationalgrid.com feel free to copy in saveminstermarshes@gmail.com
We’ve updated our consultation guidance again!
If you haven’t yet completed your consultation feedback form, our handy guide will help remind you of all the reasons why National Grid must think again when giving them your feedback.
Click here to download our guide. These are just suggestions so use your own words.
You can fill out the feedback form online on the National Grid Website.
With the video below to guide you through.
Video on how to fill our National Grid response forms