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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 3408482" data-attributes="member: 36432">OK: so why have we got Blue Tits for the umpteenth time? Why not Marsh Tits? Why not highlight the dire straits Willow Tits are in? Why show the one species that every grockle sees every day in their back garden, year after year after year? Why don't we see Cetti's Warbler nests? Bearded Tit nests? Redstart nests? They're at Minsmere for goodness sake, its got amazing bird species in abundance but all they show is the same old tedium.Today it was Rabbits. Well cor blimey flip, they really don't want to do anything difficult, do they. Lazy lazy lazy. And since black and white birds were mentioned negatively, personally if I never see another Avocet on a TV programme I shan't be very upset. Show me something I haven't seen before on Springwatch.That said there has been some good stuff, and for once it includes Martin HG, whose exposure of survey work within the reserve has been very good. Today's segment from Nick Baker was making proper use of his talents. They get more right than wrong.But the programme does need a refresh and to grow a bit: moving up to a European context would be a great thing to do. It would allow them to deal properly with migration matters rather than just showing birds appearing here as if by magic. It would allow them to emphasise that it doesn't matter a rat's ass if the RSPB does amazing work here, if all the birds are annihilated on their journeys through Europe. Birders have to notice Europe. Everybody should care about Europe's effects on wildlife - our wildlife - and be prepared to get stuck in, not spout nonsense about things not being here so not relevant. When I started birding Little Egret was a rarity. Now its a common breeding species. Perhaps the next Little Egret might be Black Woodpecker.... or perhaps something else. Off soap box.John</blockquote>

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