sharongascoigne, I think I'm getting grouchy in my old age. I've just got back from walking Arthur on our local patch. I go there daily rain or shine, have done for 23 years. It's not the most exciting of places but it's a little haven for wildlife.
Unusually today there are lots of people there stripping the ripe blackberry bushes. During the winter I rarely see anyone there at all but it's alive with migratory birds.
I wanted to tell them all to leave the berries for the birds, foxes, badgers etc!