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For what it's worth, I've signed it and I've passed it on to a good few people. Might be worth posting it in the vegetarian and in the animal forums, too, if allowed.

A petition in Avaaz would probably help, too. https://secure.avaaz.org/page/en/

Yes, it's a wasps nest. I'd spray it (carefully) with insecticide until it's soaked, then remove it the next day.

You won't know if it's full or empty until you look at it closely, it's hard to tell at that distance unless there's a light shining through it from the opposite side.

Heard my first swallow of the season, yesterday. NW.

Question: behind my house there's a field where cows graze. It's surrounded by a hedge of ashes where lots of birds live, including a healthy bunch of corvids. If the weather is particularly bad, we also get the odd seagull visiting. I'd usually be able to distinguish among the various calls (more or less, anyway), but this evening, around half eight, there was the weirdest sound. The only thing it reminded me of was the call of an emperor penguin. I know it wasn't a penguin, I'm not for the birds THAT much, but it didn't sound like a distress call, either. Any ideas as to what it could have been?

I'd never heard it before, I hought it might have been a visiting bird. It's not out there tonight, either.

It sounded a lot like this, but louder and with more frequent calls.

Not that I know of.... 🤔

Based on some of the calls I heard on youtube, I don't think it was a grebe - the call I heard sounded lower, deeper, but thanks for the suggestion.

'fraid not... less choppy.