Adrian....agree absolutely!

Wow!! Nothing like that in the days I birded Start!

If you actually read and digest my reply, you'll see that you were wrong.

LOL!!

Read the article yourself. It's not illegal for them to buy those things....just that they can't use their prepaid cards to buy them. And I managed to reply without being offensive or swearing....you could try the same.

Like to explain that stupid comment?

This was in June 2023.

Really? Which cars have that? You sure you weren't watching Knight Rider?!

Pay Wall.

These people were at the BirdFair and set the right tone....you don't even need to leave your garden to have an exciting time....https://panspecieslisting.com/

Well, Varied Thrush did turn up again....but I'll stay smug about McQueen's Bustard.....😉

I think you mean UN not EU.

Which were you?.....😉😉

Hmmmm....that's a dodgy birder's car if I ever saw one.See them during the day then pull them in the evening?...😉😉

Pay Wall protected.

......he built his house 38 years ago and installed one Martin nest box. He has continued to make them and fix them for neighbours....there are now ca 30. Every year the number of breeding pairs increased until maybe 3 years ago....since then a steady decline.

Kevin....I accept that I need a larger sample for my observations to be of value...I should check the national picture. But my neighbour's (anecdotal) evidence is compelling.....(continued)

My immediate neighbours and I have about 20 House Martin nest boxes between us. 5 years ago the departing autumn flocks on the wires totalled 200+.....this year we have 4 occupied boxes. It has to be largely down to insect numbers.

Heart-breaking....and we are still failing to grasp the speed and magnitude of these declines. I run a WhatsApp group on nature in my village (started during Covid!).... we have worked out that of the 9 breeding pairs of Swallow 5 years ago, there are now 4.

Does that idyllic scene come with multiple mosquitoes?!

15 years for stealing $/£100 in UK?. Not where I live. Which bit of UK are you in?

.....when I left Devon 25 years ago, it was a fairly common sight to see small groups flying N. up the Exe Valley in Spring.....☹️

It's worse....all environmental protection has gone......https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/zero-based-regulatory-budgeting-to-unleash-american-energy/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ1nHtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiX-uXJqSmMQ3xMt4d41N5zoQyCUVPvokJAGkDPYfRLES7yKLqQaIRMDJqDP_aem_s1cSSMq20N9U2pEp02gL-A

How do I access this article?

How do I access the article....the links are dead

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.

So, best we share all the footage we can here!

This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.

🇹🇷 #Turkey

Hidden behind a pay wall.

.....but where's the sense in having a good trade deal with the largest market in the World 14 miles away when we can have a rubbish one with an erratic market 3000 miles away.....🙄

If we MUST have 50,000 delegates and hangers-on ( which I very much doubt) ,why not hold the meeting in a city that already has the infrastructure? I know.....follow the money!

How come you have full fibre when here in Norfolk I have 50 Mps and have to use WiFi calling to use my mobile?!!!