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A Chiffchaff.
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We had a chiffchaff in the garden calling earlier this week…got lovely sighting but no camera to hand. And a blackcap was singing this morning when I was out there. Annoyingly he sings on the other side of the hedges to my place so the neighbour would get the sighting….but he isnt bothered.
He has just gained planning permission to build 2 houses in his garden. I managed to get the original plan for 3 houses reduced and moved away from my boundary by 30feet by claiming my deeds stated this was a stipulation. When asked to produce evidence I said I would gladly get the deeds out of storage ….once they had built the houses too close.
But sadly despite protests from all surrounding neighbours and even the Town Civic Society, who put up a stirling protest about loss of green spaces, the plans were approved. I fear my Tawny won’t be spending the day in our boundary trees any more.
When we came here 50 years ago we had spotted flycatcher, linnets, redpolls nesting in the garden: nightingales in audible distance and house martins, swifts and swallows cutting a cross the lawn. All gone, as has the glorious cacophony of a dawn chorus…now just blackbirds and collared doves halfhearted attempts.
Sorry for thread drift.
Last edited on Fri Apr 14th, 2023 18:45 by
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