Does summer visit to Lincolnshire Coast beckon for our new Nature-loving king, Charles III?

                                                              

Destination the Lincolnshire Coast for His Majesty?

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

The word from Buckingham Palace is that the Saltlfleetby-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 birdwatching 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 North East Lincolnshire Council's two wetland birds mitigation sites at Cress Marsh, near Stallingborough and Novartis Ings, Grimsby,  if the local authority and MPs Martin Vickers and Lia Nici think to suggest it. 

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 North East Lincolnshire (and other counties) is to be gifted a packet of wildflower seeds courtesy of His Majesty. 

Rich in wildlife - the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpes reserve (photo Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust)