My parents were big fans of Steeleye Span, but I'm not familiar with that particular track. Thanks for sharing.
It makes me think of a horrific wildlife documentary I saw about corncrakes. They're a bird which sits tight in the middle of a hay meadow during harvesting, and end up getting cut to bits by the combines. They showed footage of corncrakes with their wings hanging off and stuff.
There's since been a new initiative which encourages farmers to harvest their hay meadows outwards, leaving the edges intact so the corncrakes have a refuge. End result - corncrake numbers have soared in the Scottish islands! I actually managed to see one on Iona, which is a great privilige, as they're really secretive. You can hear them all the time, but spotting them's a different matter.
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:03 pm (UTC)It makes me think of a horrific wildlife documentary I saw about corncrakes. They're a bird which sits tight in the middle of a hay meadow during harvesting, and end up getting cut to bits by the combines. They showed footage of corncrakes with their wings hanging off and stuff.
There's since been a new initiative which encourages farmers to harvest their hay meadows outwards, leaving the edges intact so the corncrakes have a refuge. End result - corncrake numbers have soared in the Scottish islands! I actually managed to see one on Iona, which is a great privilige, as they're really secretive. You can hear them all the time, but spotting them's a different matter.