#rainham-marshes

#rainham-marshes

Overnight on April 22, significant vandalism was carried out on the Shooting Butts Hide at RSPB Rainham Marshes. We are in contact with the police and urge anyone with any information to come forward to Essex Police.

Alan Johnson, RSPB area manager for Kent and Essex, has assured that Rainham Marshes will be protected as a reserve in the future after its shop and cafe were scrapped. These were part of sweeping cuts across the conservation charity, revealed exclusively by the Recorder in October, which put several other nature reserves at risk of complete closure. However, Mr Johnson called Rainham Marshes a "hyper important" reserve, which will not shut due to it being a "hotspot" for certain bird species and other wildlife.