At least those berries look fit for the birds, unlike the drought- dried -up ones in our local cemetery (now closed for burials) /City Wildlife Site (perhaps rain and the water table help there?)
Leaf drop but lots of berries-cemetery must be dry.
Our two apple trees have been very full (even though the codling moth caterpillars, birds and squirrels get quite a few). My friend in Sheffield, near where I used to live, (Fulwood/Ranmoor) sent me lots of photos of fruit and berry laden trees she'd passed on her walk to the shops. It's a very leafy area-and a big , varied city. I notice they (programme makers) always show the "gritty" bits which I don't recognised in dramas!
A while back I mentioned a bird that sounded a bit like a frog with laryngitis and puzzled me-not matching many sounds. However, all types of birds have their individual repertoire, and my neighbour's suggestion that it may be a young magpie-not when they do their high pitched "feed me" note, but more of a tired, roosting note. I think I spied one on a roofline down the road one evening and the noise seemed to be coming from it!
It is possible!
My friend is originally from North Shields. Her family moved to Sheffield about the same time we moved to Nottingham, but we met at university, instantly connected and have so much common ground (but not too much).
Yes, the university has an excellent reputation. Not on the academic side, but when we were still at school/college some of us sneaked in to see Rod Stewart just after he'd started recording separately from the Faces but was still with them. It was in just a big room really!
I had a schoolfriend who lived in Beeston. A couple I know who ran a local history magazine used to overlook the park in Lenton, not far from the Queen's Medical Centre. They've now moved to Beeston.
Yes, from Robert's writings about local affairs, not only are things handy, but there's (still) a good community feel there.
Jan
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