Last updated at 09:46, Thursday, 14 June 2012

I’VE just been reading in the gardening column of a newspaper the words “June is a lovely month to be in the garden”.

These jackdaws have got through the netting to make a nest inside this chimney pot in Langholm

So many of our bird species are declining in numbers. I always heard the call of the whaup and the peewit when out walking but now I’m lucky if I hear these iconic bird sounds.

It seems Langholm isn’t the only place to be plagued by litter louts. After we’d put the photo in last week’s jotting of the mess left at the Skippers, I read that another beauty spot had been hit.

For the full story see this week's E&L Advertiser

First published at 21:34, Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Published by http://www.eladvertiser.co.uk