THANK you for the excellent publicity given to the bird count on the River Ribble (LET, January 12).

As a result, I was able to fill all gaps from Preston to Clitheroe and also some stretches further east. The response was much better than I could have anticipated.

STEPHEN DUNSTAN (Wetland Bird Survey Organiser, East Lancashire), Greenfinch Court, Herons Reach, Blackpool.

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