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I drove through some local woods yesterday and saw a carpet of bluebells. Normally they're over by mid-May so we're still about 3 weeks behind in East Kent. As a farmer friend said recently "March never happened this year".

 

At present it's sunny here, but there's a stiff NE breeze keeping the temperatures down.

 

How far behind is spring in your area?

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Plenty of fresh-looking bluebells seen up on Ashdown Forest during our early morning walk. Did hear a cuckoo this morning (see Cuckoo thread) Saw a redstart nest-building this morning, saw courting display of woodlarks yesterday morning.

 

No Dartford Warblers seen, the prolonged cold winter has probably seen them off. They struggle on Ashdown Forest (600 plus feet up) at the edge of their range. They recolonise during a series of mild winters, but get wiped out when there is a bad one. They stand a better chance at near-sea-level heaths, such as Dunwich and Arne.

 

 

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Dvae

I understood the RSPB helped out this winter by leaving out mealworms, at their reserves where they knew they had resident Dartford Warblers, whether this was a success or not is a different matter.

Tony

 

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I drove through some local woods yesterday and saw a carpet of bluebells. Normally they're over by mid-May so we're still about 3 weeks behind in East Kent. As a farmer friend said recently "March never happened this year".

 

At present it's sunny here, but there's a stiff NE breeze keeping the temperatures down.

 

How far behind is spring in your area?

appears to be happening at sea as well. Temperature of the water is still down so mackerel and summer fish are late this year, summer fishing hasn't really kicked off yet.

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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