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  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited January 2022 #32

    I’m surrounded by a lot of them Micky boy👍🏻. Around here are mainly Arable Farmers with diverse Farming attitudes, lucky for me a lot of them haven’t scrubbed out hedges & have maintained woods & copses, mainly for Fox coverts mind as this area is also big on hunt support but again quite a few have become enlightened due to losing farm Cats, Dogs & fowl to the hunt foxhounds☹️.

  • mickysf
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    edited January 2022 #33

    I too was highly supportive of our local Alkborough Flats Managed Realignment Scheme which saw mainly arable land returned to nature and used as flood defence and rewilding. This has proven very successful. Where once wildfowlers blasted the living day lights out of birds and spread their toxic lead shot across the area today many wildlife observers and enthusiasts venture to witness the many newly recolonisation of birds, animals, reptiles, amphibians, insect and flora. Well worth a visit with a lovely CL and cafe at the top of the escarpment.

  • ADP1963
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    edited January 2022 #34

    Well after seeing Winter Watch last night it was pleasing to see Chris Packham complimenting viewers who had sent in their photographs, just hope he continues in this vein it is so much nicer and encouraging for others to send in their unusual photographs.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited January 2022 #35

    Have recently spent 6 nights there with another CT poster. One of our favourite CLs, just a pity the date was closed for refurbishment.frown Could just done a bit better weather conditions for bird watching.

  • mickysf
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    edited January 2022 #36

    Not sure what ‘the date was closed’ means? It is a very interesting place to visit with lots of other nature reserves/venues to visit locally for both the serious and casual nature watcher!

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2022 #37

    I think for 'date', read 'site'. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • mickysf
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    edited January 2022 #38

    I thought it might be the cafe. 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2022 #39

    Could well be 🤷‍♂️

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited January 2022 #40

    Thanks, that's right. Don't know where "date" came from. I should read my post much more closely before posting.embarassed

    However the cafe will be open by now. ( My kindle has a mind of it's own as it swapped cafe to date in the previous sentence before I corrected it)

  • mickysf
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    edited January 2022 #41

    Thanks Nellie, good to here both site and cafe now open. For those who have not been it’s well worth visiting this site and the reserves on the it’s doorstep and those slightly further afield.

  • RedKite
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    edited January 2022 #42

    Great to see on last night's programme of a Otter chasing a Fox and of a Fox chasing a Hare and the Hare had a bit more speed than the Fox on the night thermal cameras amazing stuff.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited January 2022 #43

    Shush, don't tell everyone, as there won't be a free pitch when we want to go.laughing

  • cyberyacht
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    edited January 2022 #44

    This latest one has been one of the best series IMO

  • mickysf
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    edited January 2022 #45

    Yes, in retrospect I’d agree, let Chris Packham continue for the next season at least. It has been informative and entertaining to boot. Very balanced in my opinion!

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