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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Woody Woodpecker" data-source="post: 3464234" data-attributes="member: 139764">Hi,I'm new to this forum but not by any means new to Sherwood Forest,  I run a Charity i.e. Friends of Sherwood Forest.  Re the RSPB's planning application we are in the process of compiling a 25 page document opposing the RSPB on the Forest Corner site,  if I had enough time to relate all the bother we have had with these people you would be shocked.Sherwood Forest has it's own unique brand of bird behavior ... feeding birds on the hand in winter is not uncommon but during the Summer after all the Grockels have gone home the birds will swarm all over the car par coming down to the feeding pots,  and it's sheer magic to sit among them in the car and watch their antics.  There are feeding stations throughout the Forest but the RSPB who are taking over are blissfully unaware of this and talk like idiots of building hides,,,this is when I give up.Due to pressure of work our website is long overdue for an update,  but suffice it to say the RSPB are not really welcome in the village of Edwinstowe.<a href="http://www.majoroak.org.uk" target="_blank">www.majoroak.org.uk</a>  also find us on Facebook.hers,Woody Woodpecker.</blockquote>