Solution found to the World’s biggest problem . . .

[JonParticipant @jon]

Used to be working away then turn off the machine to hear scratching outside. Hedgehog crossing paving slabs then down past the garage and through side gate.

Have that concrete 1ft high slabs under fence and local woods is only 125 yards away.

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

Delighted to say that I have a hedgehog hibernating in the garden and a family of newts in the pond and for the last five years starlings have nested in the garage roof.

[MikelkieParticipant @mikelkie]

i agree with Danny M, just can't understand why scientists and almost all politicians won't or cannot see it!

Edited By Mikelkie on 13/11/2018 21:06:38

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 12/11/2018 14:02:58:

Posted by Ian S C on 10/11/2018 11:41:36:

If the Greenies get every thing they wish for, we will have quite a way to catch up with the cave man, because we won't even have fire to cook with or keep us warm—– Oh that's ok the warming temperature will help there.

Ian S C

Well, this graph shows one aspect of what worries Greenies:

UK residents – when was the last time you saw a hedgehog?

Dave

I saw my first pine marten on Sunday! Crossed the road ahead of us.

My brother says he has seen up to three at a time raiding people's bins.

[John Paton 1Participant @johnpaton1]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/11/2018 21:42:12:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 12/11/2018 14:02:58:

Posted by Ian S C on 10/11/2018 11:41:36:

If the Greenies get every thing they wish for, we will have quite a way to catch up with the cave man, because we won't even have fire to cook with or keep us warm—– Oh that's ok the warming temperature will help there.

Ian S C

Well, this graph shows one aspect of what worries Greenies:

UK residents – when was the last time you saw a hedgehog?

Dave

I saw my first pine marten on Sunday! Crossed the road ahead of us.

My brother says he has seen up to three at a time raiding people's bins.

Where was your pine marten? I gather that two were found killed on the road in Dorset a few years back – when DNA tested they were found to have come from E Europe!!! Still it is nice to know there are some there, though I have yet to see one.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I'm a little worried that repetition of Dave's graph might be giving it more credibility than it deserves.

See my post, yesterday at 22:23:02

[quote] The explanatory note is important ! [/quote]

MichaelG.

[FarmboyParticipant @farmboy]

Basic principle of the Internet: If you repeat something often enough it eventually becomes true

My original comment was really a sarcastic poke at journalists who come up with amazing "new" ideas that most of us have known about for centuries . . . but it has prompted some interesting discussions about a subject close to my heart, as a lover of the countryside and wildlife.

Mike.

Edited By Farmboy on 13/11/2018 23:30:52

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