tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3975509304685624843..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Nature Notes - At LastBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-62185059750795673392007-09-24T20:32:00.000+00:002007-09-24T20:32:00.000+00:00We haven't got many cats round here - it's too far...We haven't got many cats round here - it's too far out in the country and you can shoot them without spending six months in prison (unlike protected birds) but our blue and great and long-tailed tits have been all but wiped out by about twenty sparrowhawks operating in the village which think bird-tables exist to provide them with easy meals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82430138503254697032007-09-24T17:20:00.000+00:002007-09-24T17:20:00.000+00:00By the way, the godwit did great, but the bar-tail...By the way, the godwit did great, but the bar-tailed fuckwit is yet to arrive.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65182085846440770282007-09-24T15:49:00.000+00:002007-09-24T15:49:00.000+00:00Too right Philip - it's all of those, bar the gosh...Too right Philip - it's all of those, bar the goshawk, in my neck of suburbia too, and the RSPB won't hear word about them. It's all down to cats, they say, or squirrels, or habitat loss - nonsense! And the RSPB prevent the building of airports in any sensible place too - they have friends in very high places, and far too much money.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19027216400613240222007-09-24T14:41:00.000+00:002007-09-24T14:41:00.000+00:00Round here it's the sparrowhawks, jays, carrion cr...Round here it's the sparrowhawks, jays, carrion crows, magpies, and goshawks preying on the songbirds that will make springs silent as long as the sentimental idiots running the RSPB stop us from controlling them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-63571646283110578842007-09-24T13:48:00.000+00:002007-09-24T13:48:00.000+00:00Chip, I got the swine sent down under the Race Rel...Chip, I got the swine sent down under the Race Relations Act. I mean, it's just not on, is it?<BR/>And Johntyh, there might be worse to come - I'm planning a little walking come October...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46173883279315027792007-09-24T13:41:00.000+00:002007-09-24T13:41:00.000+00:00Oh Nige, wonderfully rhapsodic piece; Vaughan Will...Oh Nige, wonderfully rhapsodic piece; Vaughan Williams would have put it to music and called it 'The Nige Ascending'. I was still misting over when I got to that dreadful virus. But then the words 'big bastard scavengers' jolted me out of my sense of other-worldliness. I wasn't sure whether you were talking about vultures, blowflies or raccoons. But then I remembered Hedge Funders; 'big bastard John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69087922580880192462007-09-24T13:04:00.000+00:002007-09-24T13:04:00.000+00:00Did you ever catch the cad, Nige, who ran your poo...Did you ever catch the cad, Nige, who ran your poor dog over at the barracks' gates?Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1692093247300567512007-09-24T12:44:00.000+00:002007-09-24T12:44:00.000+00:00Ah. God bless scientists, god bless The Daily Mail...Ah. God bless scientists, god bless The Daily Mail, god bless Trill, and god bless all the little old biddies of England.<BR/><BR/>(sorry, I sounded like Rabbi Blue just then)<BR/><BR/>I love Autumn too. It's a good time to get out of town.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-49695169294917692712007-09-24T11:21:00.000+00:002007-09-24T11:21:00.000+00:00Ah yes. I remember you were wearing an RAF greatco...Ah yes. I remember you were wearing an RAF greatcoat. I wasn;t.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.com