nedmin
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Walking up the Fossedyke yesterday near Burton Waters when this red speedboat with "Fletcher" in big white letters came past.I would estimate he was doing 25-30 kts! No wonder theres little wild life on the canal.
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rafiki_
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Was this Norman Stanley Fletcher by any chance?
DAKA
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If you check out the nests you will notice that all birds build them above the water line, well above the water line or tucked deep inside a reed bed.
Watching a nest while wash passes is very interesting and one has to assume the nesting birds have evolved to cope with lake/flood water waves over many thousands of years and well before wash was an issue.
I believe the lack in river side life is due to three main reasons.....
Epidemic of rats 2 twos ago.
Heavy rain water during the nesting season causing high river levels which will flood a nest out.
When its a cold wet summer there arent as many toddlers throwing bread in.
(I'm not suggesting the clot in the fletcher was right , just not blaming him on lack of duck eggs).
