Having just written about Earth day we went for our morning walk as usual, only to find that one of our local farmers had done his bit to help by wiping out the nests of the only remaining plovers and a couple of pairs of skylarks.
we have been spoiled by their antics and beautiful singing over the last couple of months, so we will miss them. Instead there was a bare field covered in seagulls and crows and an otherwise eerie silence.
unfortunately these birds stand little chance now to successfully breed. if the tractors and machinery does not destroy the nests, then the crows and seagulls attracted by farming activity will.