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Not very special, but I seem to have attracted every starling in London bringing their very noisy big babies...over 30 of them. They have found the mealworms and are going crazy with excitement, and using the makeshift water-baths with relish. I'm waiting for further complaints from my neighbours, and spending a fortune on giant sacks of mealworms!

Not unless something has changed since last week. Very annoying and difficult esp. for children and older people amongst others of course

I was nearly hit early this evening. I was crossing the road on foot and a lunatic came squealing round the bend at a terrific speed and slammed his brakes on when he saw me, just in time. It was a very close shave.

I've never seen so few goldfinches around here as this year. I wonder what is different? I only have two, whereas most years I see 15-20 during the breeding season

Funnily enough I was thinking the same today. Do the council ever water Street trees?

I know that Melbourne does get used as a rat run but that surely involves fewer cars than sending every car wishing to go north, down there. I think if I lived there I'd be very unhappy with your suggestion although I can see the benefit for Lordship Lane, and it would also enable cars to drive even faster down Melbourne if it was one way.

This is awful. Please contact both RSPCA and London wildlife project. I would have to move if I had a neighbour like that. What a vile man.

The "bricks" are especially horrible if that photo is to be trusted.

Sorry to hear that Sue. I must have got to them first and bribed them to stay. I'm actually West Dulwich rather than East but this is a far more interesting and active forum!

Give your goldfinches some niger seed and your garden will fill with goldfinches. Last year I counted more than 20 at one time in my garden squabbling at the feeder!

A big thank you to some of the posters here who have obviously gone to a lot of trouble to find the figures which appear to show show some very shady practices by the council. This sort of thing if true is outrageous, so I wonder if anybody legal knows how this can be taken to a higher level? I also agree with the poster above who said that we really need to see what happens in the months after lockdown because it may well lead to significant changes in people's travel and commuting, with more working from home etc.

SebsC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Our road put messages and cards of thanks and a > few bottles of beer! Hugely appreciated them still > carrying out this service. What a lovely community spirited road you live in. I'll do something for them too next week. They come too early for me to thank them in person, being an owl not a lark!

I had 2 jackdaws eating peanuts from one of my hanging feeders today and then one of them discovered an empty feeder which I had filled with feathers from an old pillow, straw, and cat fur from brushing my cats! I think it's only fair that the cats contribute to the birds nest making...waste not want not. That jackdaw is going to make a very warm comfy nest. It's usually the sparrows which grab enormous beakfuls of the feathers on offer. They can barely see where they're going as they fly off leaving a cloud of feathers fluttering in their wake.

Thirded...but don't hold your breath

...and Southwark still top or near top for prevalence of the virus in London boroughs. Pretty disgraceful

Henry_17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I now always make sure to have a broom stick > strapped horizontally to each should when walking > in the Park. It?s the only way people will respect > the required distance. This smart dog has already thought of that tactic....

I think you might get the goldfinches back a bit later in the year. Noticed in previous years they seem to disappear but return again when it's warmer!

Harry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would be great to get a photo of this and send it > to the leader of the council. I wonder if he's > aware. Good idea!

The lack of places to pick up a free Evening Standard is just another thing us SE Londonesr are "deprived" of together with the underground, circulating black cabs, Boris bikes etc etc. West Dulwich is even worse!

Not very rare, but I have a greater spotted woodpecker visit every afternoon on one of my peanut feeders

I walked alone in the park yesterday, very studiously maintaining my distance from people, but I was always the one having to move out of the way, which is fine but you might think they would want to be careful for their own sake. Two joggers side by side came up behind me, so I was unaware of them until one actualy knocked into my arm as they passed. Amazed at the arrogance and stupidity.

I suspect the loo roll sell out is because, other than kitchen rolls, which also seem to be snapped up, there's no real alternatived...well not acceptable ones! Whereas most of us could rustle up something to eat if we run out of our preferred foods from odds and sods in the cupboards.

One car parked there today between 4.00 and 5.00ish. I know it was wet and a weekday but I walk to and round the park several times a week and have never seen only 1 car. No idea if people are parking elsewhere or avoiding the park altogether.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They are contributing to the climate emergency: > their changes to the DV junction over the last 18 > months has created more pollution (their own > research demonstrated this) and these measures > will do too. For all the changes to the DV > junction to create safer routes for cyclists very > few are actually using it - have they asked the > question why? > > To build measures based on the presumption that > people will stop using their cars is naive and a > deliberate dereliction of duty by the authorities > - similar measures elsewhere have been utterly > ineffective - they merely push the congestion > elsewhere, slow the flow of traffic and create > more pollution. > > Until there are properly planned and well thought > plans that are inclusive of ALL modes of > transportation then this city will never make any > progress. YES to all this!

A bit like the "Congestion Charge"... another policy ensuring ease of movement and pollution is fine as long as you're wealthy. I haven't checked the signage in the park, but are electric cars given free parking?