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Flaming June already and the sun is out! Even the ducks are taking the plunge to get out of the heat. Though traditionally a very quiet month for bird rarities, sheepwash turned up a little egret again last week on … Continue reading →

Roll up, Roll up, the circus has come to town! This circus is in the form of the national grid electric powerline wire replacement works taking place across a large swathe of the Blackcountry area, including the boundary of Rattlechain … Continue reading →

Figuring my way around an upgraded computer………back soon. So long as imagination can trump technology everything will be just fine.

  We said so in punning jest, as to how a dirty British chemical company with a dire pollution record were allowed a licence to dump toxic poisonous waste into the environment. He has been an excellent animal rights advocate … Continue reading →

Swans in the area love their oats, though they aren’t particularly keen on the quaker variety for some reason.

    The area once comprising the Rattlechain brickworks area appears to reveal a hive of industrial activity, though little trace remains of the actual works themselves. Brickmaking may have ended with a whimper in the 1960’s though the canal … Continue reading →

  A break of sorts from the goings on at the lagoon. This post is about my observations of the urban angler. Some anglers appreciate wildlife and respect it, but a sizeable number do not. I have witnessed one drunk … Continue reading →

  It’s like setting your own questions for an exam and then getting someone else to mark it. Rhodia/Solvay “prepare” the site, invite ERM et al onto site to “monitor” the site, then ERM et al report back to Rhodia/Solvay … Continue reading →

Easter time is supposed to be a time of renewal and regeneration. The hatchlings are now starting to appear. I saw the first family of canada’s yesterday whilst out and about.   At Rattlechain over the last week a hosepipe … Continue reading →

    And so to the landmark 100th post on this blog. As stated several times, this website was set up initially to put forward our point of view that was not being reported widely, on an issue that was both … Continue reading →