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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelBlimp" data-source="post: 1433542" data-attributes="member: 63179">So they are increasing 30% per year. They are known to displace native birds. And now one has been seen just yesterday as North as a place near me. So why on earth is no-one doing anything about them??? I bet I know why-they're too fluffy, and too well-ingratiated with a Southern (i.e. London) urban population that for the most part doesn't understand their impact. With the current trend via climate change for milder winters it looks more and more like the population will suffer less and less in the winter. And, like all invasive species, we are at the gold dust stage where there are relatively few of them-but still nothing is done. I'm just waiting for one to turn up in my garden.</blockquote>