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| Gordon Newport 1st Feb. 1944 - 7th Dec. 2013 |
Gordon joined the group, to begin ringing, in June of 2001 and during his training put many hours in at Wraysbury, Windsor, Minet and Silwood as well as visiting most of our other sites as he qualified as a C-Ringer and then an A-Ringer.
Gordon’s love of birding took him on ringing trips to China, Portugal and more recently Comino.
As a stalwart of the Windsor team, first with Malcolm and latterly with Carl, Gordon donned his waders at well over 100 sessions at Great Meadow Pond and trained many of those who came along to help.
Gordon was such a generous fellow; knowledgeable, egoless and always inquisitive about ornithology. Without doubt, all those who ringed with Gordon will miss him.
Our thoughts are with his family. Donations, if desired, in memory of Gordon, for Cancer Research UK or British Heart Foundation can be made via www.memorygiving.com/gordonnewport.
Although I only knew Gordon for a couple of seasons, ringing with him mostly at Windsor, it was always a pleasure. He was a kind, generous man and always had time for everyone regardless of experience. He had a great birding knowledge and I learned a great deal from him.
ReplyDeleteI will miss him greatly and Windsor will never quite be the same.