Thousands of birds prepare to migrate at Lake Myvatyn, Iceland's Ramsar Wetland Lovely weather for ducks! It’s been raining solidly since I hung the washing out yesterday. Makes me think of wetlands, as does a photo my prospective daughter- in –law just took in her backyard. Victoria and New South Wales are experiencing devastating floods . Ducks everywhere should be celebrating especially as they don't seem to have too many other things to quack about these days. I was going to write more on oceans today, but I have just found out that it was World Wetland Day on February 3 rd . Bet you didn’t know that. I didn’t either, though I read many electronic newspapers. Not even the BBC news mentioned it until Feb 23, and even then I missed it. One of the dangers of the electronic news is that it is very much tailored to what it thinks you are interested in. It is true that I haven’t specifically clicked on wetlands for about ten years, but that doesn...
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