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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pratincol" data-source="post: 3230060" data-attributes="member: 65801">Yes-that was my understanding too-from the PM programme on Radio 4 on Saturday.This is why I mentioned the humble potato field bounded by hedgerows which I used to observe.It attracted Yellow Wagtail,Lapwing ,Reed Bunting,Tree Sparrow,Sedge Warbler,Common Whitehroat and many migrating birds in Spring and Autumn.Which is why I wondered why the RSPB didn't take this simple opportunity to farm the land with a view to attracting a host of wildlife.They could make a profit or  perhaps,break even, selling the potatos!That would be just one way to have done something with the land.I am sure they could have tried something else which would have attracted birds,insects and other wildlife rather than just doing nothing.Once the land is considered useless for anything other than building houses,the Council jump upon this opportunity to include it in their Local Plan, and propose building houses or  commercial premises.So another green space is lost forever.As the Joni Mitchell song goes,'They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot'-or in this case yet another housing estate!Nobody knows the intentions of the donor but it doesn't take a leap of imagination to reckon she might have left the land to the RSPB in the hope it would be spared the bulldozer.</blockquote>