Woke up this morning to a Heavy frost outside, thats in hertfordshire.
Did anyone else get Frost this morning. Not been in long from walking the dogs tonight, it's clear and cold, could be in for more frost if it doesnt cloud over.
No - but visited friends in Holmer Green, near Amersham, this afternoon - 15 miles from Ickenham - and they are still wary of putting their bedding plants out because of frost. We've had ours out for three weeks. On a lighter note, whilst sitting in their garden enjoying the sunshine, in could see between 8 and ten red kites in the sky at any one time at low level - 100' maximum gliding the thermals. Really surprised (hardly see one these days) until I ‘phoned my son, who’s a biologist, and he informed me of the following: Can’t remember his words exactly so I did a cut and paste from the net. Nothing to do with fishing but I thought I’d post it anyway.
Red kites were driven to extinction in England by human persecution by the end of the nineteenth century. A small population survived in Wales, but there was little chance of these birds repopulating their original areas.
Between 1989 and 1994, kites from Spain were imported and released into the Chilterns by the RSPB and English Nature. Red kites started breeding in the Chilterns in 1992 and now there are over 300 breeding pairs in the area.
Since 1999, chicks have been taken from the Chilterns to re-introduction sites in other parts of the country.
The red kite re-introduction has proved to be one of the greatest conservation success stories of the 20th century.
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