The Enchanted Field

[coasty]

Originally Posted by Al Hyde

Aah I see LOL! Sorry folks I should've explained better. Normandy Surrey UK, this is a place near Aldershot/Guildford/ Ash Vale.

Sorry for not making everything clear

hahahahaha PMSL

[aestarte]

really sorry to hear about the 'progress' of your field. We go on holiday to South Devon and walk all the little back lanes where the most beautiful nature is; untouched. Dont know what I'd do if I couldn't do that every year. Fi. X X X X

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by Al Hyde

Aah I see LOL! Sorry folks I should've explained better. Normandy Surrey UK, this is a place near Aldershot/Guildford/ Ash Vale.

Sorry for not making everything clear

Ah ah - as somebody who never ventures further south than Birmingham (and even that far reluctantly) I'd never realised there was a Normandy over here - thanks, it all makes sense now.

[Al Hyde]

Thanks aestarte, your part of Devon sounds wonderfull

LOL! Hi Rob, Coasty. Sorry for that misunderstanding there, my fault for just assuming everyone would know the place

One thing, what does PMSL mean Coasty?
All the best,
Al

[The Woodman]

English Nature is now Natural England, Al. I wonder how how much the brand image consultants earnt dreaming up that dynamic change of name!
Are the cattle involved in a grazing management scheme?

[Al Hyde]

Hi Woodman
Ah thanks for that, I didn't even know which is a bit strange considering i'm a licensed volunteer with them for heathland herps

I think it is part of the grazing management plan , which I believe will only cause problems further down the line .
I can hear it now, "Due to heathland grazing such and such species has struggled to survive blah blah"

All the best,
Al

[coasty]

Originally Posted by Al Hyde

Thanks aestarte, your part of Devon sounds wonderfull

LOL! Hi Rob, Coasty. Sorry for that misunderstanding there, my fault for just assuming everyone would know the place

One thing, what does PMSL mean Coasty?
All the best,
Al

ermmm well it means weeeing myself laughing except not weeing if you understand?. ( more of a word beigining with Pee ) I have learnt such coarse expressions from my teenage boys you understand...

[paulchandler6]

I dont have a good inpression of English Nature. They done a similar thing in Oxfordshire and we lost our biggest population of Nightingales.

Paul

[The Woodman]

Similar thing in South Cumbria at Foulshaw Moss, once a refuge for red squirrels. Cumbria Wildlife Trust purchased the block of forestry from the FC and clear felled the whole of the interior, reverting it back to raised lowland mire, a high status EU designation. The reds were trapped and translocated no doubt adding to the stress of the dwindling population. I have not seen a red squirrel in the surrounding area for at least six years despite the thousands of pounds poured into the "Red Squirrel Alert" programme by the well meaning.
Funny old thing, nature conservation, and what species/ habitat takes priority.