Uprising?

The closest thing on Blacka to a village rumour mill is the bird table. Our informant (the nuthatch above) reports that a rebellious mood is stirring among the native bird population. Somehow word has got out that the Eastern Moors Partnership dominated, so the local birds say, by meddlers from the RSPB will be pinning a lot of its efforts on getting the Dartford Warbler to settle here*. As usual with these managers the interests of the locals have not been considered nor their views sought. Some of the comments being reported over the sunflower seed suggest the regulars are less than chuffed (or should that be choughed?).

"They've done nothing for us native residents all my life. Who wants bl***y Southerners around here anyway?"

"They'll take all our food and jobs."

"Send them back to Kent."

"All this talk about habitat creation. What about the destroying of our habitats by killing off of our birch trees?"

(to confine ourselves to those that are printable)

* From Eastern Moors Partnership Draft 2025 Vision "Management will help combat some of the effects of climate change, whilst providing conditions which enable new species from the south to colonise the area....species from the south – such as Dartford warbler – will have colonised the area."