As I wrote this article in early December, we had experienced the warmest Autumn on record.
With the hottest July and September this year, it could be that 2006 is the warmest year on record.
Climate change is already well underway and could have both dramatic negative and positive impacts for our native wildlife.
The beginning of the year started rather mild and very dry in January.
Unfortunately many of the fruits and berries on the Whins and Bridle disappeared in the autumn and so wintering birds on both sites were down on previous winters with the visiting Thrushes from Scandinavia particularly scarce.
