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Wednesday 1 August 2018

"Blundering council worker flattens Big Butterfly Count meadow" in the Knowle parkland > further national coverage

This is what we call 'reputational damage':
Futures Forum: "Blundering council worker flattens Big Butterfly Count meadow" in the Knowle parkland
Blundering council worker flattens Big Butterfly Count meadow | Daily Mail Online

And it's got worse over the course of today - as reported widely in the national press:
Council worker mistakenly mows meadow used for David Attenborough's Big Butterfly Count | The Independent
David Attenborough's Big Butterfly Count ruined after meadow mowed - inews
One man went to mow...and reduces butterfly meadow to nine-acre ‘desert’ | Nature | News | Express.co.uk
Sir David Attenborough's Big Butterfly Count ruined as hapless council worker mows down meadow during study - Mirror Online
Hapless worker obliterates flower-filled meadow used for David Attenborough’s Big Butterfly Count - The Sun
Lone council worker mows Big Butterfly Count field in Sidmouth | News | The Times

As reported on the BBC today:
Big Butterfly Count field destroyed by council worker blunder - BBC News

And on Radio 2 today at 1.30pm, Richard Wright of the Sidmouth Herald and the Arboretum's treasurer Ed Dolphin were interviewed:
BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine, Vanessa Feltz sits in

As Richard said, 'we take flowers seriously here in Sidmouth' - especially with the judges of the Britain in Bloom due to visit on Friday:
Sidmouth praised by Britain in Bloom judges in Royal Horticultural Society contest | Latest Sidmouth and Ottery News - Sidmouth Herald
Futures Forum: Sidmouth in Bloom looks to 'champion of champions' title > based on horticultural know-how, community engagement, efforts to bolster biodiversity and climate change adaptation

Ed said that the Council had done exactly the same last year!




And Devon Live have covered this too today:
Council worker mows down meadow used for Sir David Attenborough's Big Butterfly Count - Devon Live
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