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I wer up ashbourn tdee , saw me fost Swaler o spring .

Its t earliest Iv ever seen one thee usualy donner get ere till abite t 18th

The photo has been nicked off the RSPB site  www.rspb.org.uk

hope thee dunner mind

Apologies to my regular readers, this is last Marchs edition but I thought it was worth including for my new readers as it all still applies.

a up, ow at.
Well thee costner bleeve ow fast t years goin con ya, March o redy.
Its lite in a morning na in it, wen I go out we dog na, t birds ar avin a rate owd goo all tryin ft outdo one a nuther we t dawn corus and t edges have started getin leavs on an t owd blackthorn is flowerin in places , if we get a frost theel be no sloes ft gin this back end but I no weer thes one bush as owis flowers late an owis as good sloes on but I got dun last eer I waited til theed ad a frost on em like y shud do,  an wen I went ft pick em t birds ad ad m ow, theen got liv on summat tho ant thee, else thee wudna be singin to me in a mornin nah wud thee.
I see thees a bit a frog spawn abite ano, wen we wer at scool we used get it in jam jars an tek it in and then we used cut up raw meat an feed t tadpoles w it, what wud t elf n safety think abite that na, theed av a fit wudna thee.
Didst see int mail tuther day weer thee was 22,793 dairy farms in 1990 an thee wer only 12,918 in 2005, evan only no’s ow many thee is nar, y cona make out wats gooin appen con ya , wats goin be left , i dun no.
In t 80’s , if sumbody ad sed it wer gooin end up like this , thee wuda bin lafed out a town.
Then wat we t E.U  and t endin a tMilk marketin board  an B.S.E an any number a new things guvernment cud think on t mek it arda ft dairy farmers it o went down il to wat weer left we now, we milk cheapa than water in supermarkets.
Y cudna mek it up cud y
say y
Mukraka

From withington

a up, ow at.
I wer out wokin ,yesdee an ad a plesant suprise , a skylark got up int field an started singin, y duna see many o them rind ere na dun ya. When we wer lads gooin rind bird nestin we used t lie ont grind an try an keep site o the larks as thee flew up int t sky but y owis lost site on em as thee went igha an igha even tho they cudst still ere em singin, thee used be rucks on em then but then as farmers got into early silage mekin it cut dine t nestin sites ft larks an other grind nestin birds like t curlew an peewits an thee seemd to die out rind ere, but now that farmins about ad it an the grind ina farmed like it were ow t grind birds seem t b comin back. But ont otha and nah t owd cowsheds an gon we duna seem av as many swallows an sparrows , whot used nest in em.
Getin bak t bird nestin , its band nah , now i duna no if  this is as guda thing as thee mek out . Wen we was lads we used know were evry nest int village was an if we ad oredy got one a them eggs we left em wel alone an let em get on we rearin t yung ens, nah adees yung lads  duna know one bird from anuther an thee are stuk in front er t tele insted a gettin out anstudiin t countryside a bit afore its all gon under rows er hise’s , Id like ft bet thees far more nests destroyed be bilders nah adees than thee eva was be lads collectin t odd egg.

Say y
Mukraka

a up, ow at.
Well ere  we go , another new eer, will it be a gud en, dust think.
I went a woke rind erly on new eers de an i got t thinkin ow quiet it wer, compared t 10 er 20 eer agoo wen o the small dairy farms w gooin , yd just get past one with milkin masheen hummin awee and yd eer t next un cumin up. O t lites ud be  on int sheds, cows ed be mooin an yd eer t milk units rattlin . Tek ferinstance Withington, Y cud start at t green wi Les  then theed be Geoff ,John, Charlie and Sid O milkin at same time. Then wen thed o bin milked the cows ud be off dine t road t fields .Nar thees nowt like that gooin on, it o seems ded, thees nowt till comutas get theer cars revvin, I duna no wat theed think er avin to follow a ruc a cows f a mile er 2.
Say y Mukraka

A up

Ast seen any mushrooms, I anna found a one yit, summat do we t wetha  I spose, thees l of a lot a damsons tho int thee an sloes but truble we them is thees that many on thee are o little uns stil we an ad a frost tutha morning so we can start a mekin sum sloe gin nah.

Dust no goin on abite birds, ast eva thort ow many difrent sorts thee is in Leigh, just walkin rind you can easy see

1. House Sparrow
2. Hedge Sparrow
3. Chaffinch
4. Goldfinch
5. Bullfinch
6. Greenfinch
7. Siskin
8. Robin
9. Wren
10. Bluetit
11. Greattit
12. Coaltit
13. Long tailed tit
14. Pied Wagtail
15. Grey Wagtail
16. Swallow
17. House Martin
18. Swift
19. Blackbird
20. Thrush
21. Fieldfare
22. Starling
23. Crow
24. Rook
25. Magpie
26. Jay
27. Jackdaw
28. Pheasant
29. Partridge
30. Sparrow Hawk
31. Kestrel
32. Buzzard
33. Heron
34. Moorhen
35. Kingfisher
36. Various Ducks and geese
37. Lesser spotted woodpecker
38. Tree creeper
39. Various warblers
40. Yellow hammer
41. Wood pigeon
42. Various doves
43. Various Gulls

And if you are very luky y mite see Lapwings, curlews an skylarks altho thee are a bit scarse rind ere nah, so y see we an still got a few birds abite even tho folks say thee iner.

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Ow at

I thort Id av a go at this new fangled blog thing bein as I ana bin on ere latly. Well las time I rote on ere we thort it wer goin be a ot summer  , well just goos t show ow rong you can be a. towd oak an ash sain let us dine well an proper din it.

Dust no I ana erd t cuckoo at o this summer , ast they? I av noticed thees mor kingfishers abite tho this eer, so it o comes rind int end , one goos , another comes, its ow it always is we nature int it.

Ast noticed ow t leevs ar dropin oft trees, erly that is int it, an t swallers are o gangin up ready ft off. So lets ope we get a gud owd winter this eer we plenty o snow an frost to sort o these bugs an things out an get back t proper seasuns