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Spring equinox and a bit fat supermoon around half one tonight/tomorrow,

That is progress anyway. Warm sunny day here. We were out early as a guy who is in my bird group asked for help. His escape artist German pointer had beetled off in the night when not wearing collar and ID. As soon as we got there a call came from vet that the naughty fellow had been handed in. And the fence has to be raised yet another metre ... I swear that dog can levitate himself. So we didn't need to work and had a nice woodland walk instead. Came home, did washing and it dried off well on line, Temp up to 16 with a nice breeze. After that I went out for a ride on my bike and am now enjoying a glass of beer. OK the bike has no pedals and the beer has no alcohol but who cares?

The moon is coming up over the trees behind us, looking huge already! I read something today on Philip's facebook that I thought must be a mistake but no, it's true. https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2018/12/12/the-facts-about-licences-for-wild-birds/ How on earth can they sanction killing sparrows, robins, bluetits, wrens and skylarks under the listing of "air safety"? Not to mention the ducks, etc. I thought Natural England were meant to protect species, not try to wipe them out!