Apparently died out in late 70s and 80’ largely due to sensationalist media reports of murders and American horror films plus increasingly affordable transport

nice Mark perseverance pays

Utterly appalling what the British countryside has become under the rule of the gun toting morons

Nice contrasting white plastic bag

Crackers

Beautiful Merlin but the white plastic bags!

Last one at Laughton was 2012 a lone drumming male in a former regular breeding area : amazing to think a pair bred under 3 miles from my house in 1984 and 1985 at their height : extinct in Lincolnshire like Willow Tit

Just worked mine out Dave and it’s 172 at present: could have added Woodlark but didn’t check their in 10 mile location in spring : also LEO and Hawfinch was 150m too far out : none of these were in the Yorky sector : several dips including Curlew Sand!!

AWA seem to be doing everything in their power to annoy the shit out of people who enjoy nature at sites they own: probably related to criticism of their shit dumping policies

As DIMW probably said if it looks like one it is one : committees too hung up on DNA junk 😱 things have taken a not for the better backward step since Martin Garners thought provoking books:

Guess they are more common inland than is imagined: we have had c14 over the years in the inner Humber and hinterland: and there are always those that don’t call

My problem with radial bird areas is that almost half lies in a Foreign land Yorkyland

Feudal Britain cash rules

Very nice pics with some light for a change

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Thanks Brian thought as much

Iris colour and underpart pattern and colour are key features