SNOWGOOSE WILDLIFE TRUST AT THE EAST LIGHTHOUSE:
THE ‘SIR PETER SCOTT CENTENARY CENTRE’
At last! After months of restoration work, the East Lighthouse (also known as the Sir Peter Scott Lighthouse) gleams in the December sunshine, looking splendid with its new windows and special protective paint….. The East Lighthouse as seen from the riverbank, showing the new camera appearing from out of the chimney top. This will enable…
The major repair and restoration work of the external walls and installation of replacement windows at the East Lighthouse are nearing completion and Doug Hilton, the owner, was hoping that the plastic wrapping and the scaffolding would have been ready to come down by the middle of November. However, another setback has meant this may…
Since our last update in July, some good news has emerged concerning the renovation works to the East Lighthouse that is being undertaken by the owners, Doug and Sue Hilton. Following the very wet and long winter serious damage was done to the fabric (see below) and as a consequence the planned August open days…
You may have wondered what is happening at the East Lighthouse; you may have seen it ‘under wraps’ and wondered what was going on. For Doug and Sue Hilton, the new owners of the Peter Scott Lighthouse, this is not good news. The wettest year on record and the coldest winter for fifty years have taken…
Work has begun on the redesigned ponds at the East Lighthouse. The new owners, Doug and Sue Hilton, are planning to open a visitors centre — The Snowgoose Wildlife Trust — to attract people interested in wildlife and in particular the geese and other birds that use the Wash as their habitat. Doug has drawn…