2/2 Instead, seeds were sold to bring birds to tables just a few square inches in area, creating a continuous concentration of feeding birds.
The possibility of disease transmission is magnified enormously - unlike the natural situation, where birds are constantly moving to new feeding positions.

On the death of my father, his old schoolmate and brother in law visited my mother. Turns out he wanted his loaned porn videos back!

No Joan I know would mix with a man who used such language 😅

“Let other volk meake money vaster
In the air o’ dark-roomed towns,
Vor I don’t dread a peevish master
Tho no man mid heed my frowns.”
‘My orchard in Linden Lea’ by William Barnes (1801-86) put to music by Ralph Vaughn-Williams.

We could watch it for hours.

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Kate Rusby has the perfect voice generally, but she brings a haunting quality to Christmas carols. Like this lovely rendition of 'The Wren'.

You can learn it now to sing on St Stephen's Day (26 December) as tradition. Just promise to leave the wrens alone.

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The Avebury pigeons will withdraw their cooing - not a boycott but a Dovecot

Bring her to my 90yo Dorset mum who on commenting about her nosey sister says,” she do wanna know the brains of a dog’s arse.” “Tis summat to do wi it all.”

Great piece on Tull. My first serious gig aged 17. Sat in very front row Hammersmith Odeon. Glascock and Evan in finest line up. Mesmerising codpieced troubadour Anderson. Ran opening rearmost train door and pulled in by Guard so chatted about S&DJRly down to Salisbury.

Is that him seated in centre of front row with the suit on?