Unbelievably, this morning hedges a mile from my home have been cut. The fruit has not had time to form up - blackberry briars are (sorry were) in flower, in my garden hedges the Chaffinches flew from the nest a week ago and the Blackbirds are feeding their second brood young in the nest; Whitethroats and Blackcaps still feeding young at the nest.

Where are the RSPB, Defra, Natural England and all - probably campaigning for a Sea Eagle introduction and plastic Osprey nests, when they should be actively working to protect our hedgerow species and the wider flora and fauna associated with them.