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We are due to set them free today.We bred them from larval, watched them develop and form a chrysalis, and then…"); series.addPoint(-2.6422, 52.3932, 1215561600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-51", "John Lyden, 09 Jul 2008", "Spotted flycatcher and female pied flycatcher (not together). Just two large whites so far, no painted ladies or red admirals yet, but we have them every year. No hummingbird hawkm…"); series.addPoint(-1.1041, 50.8632, 1215561600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-52", "Tiggy Ayoub, 09 Jul 2008", "What should I do with the American invading ladybird? 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We know there were 4, maybe 5 in the box, and now young are being fed by adults in trees round garden. Adult flycatcher dive bombed…"); series.addPoint(-2.2302, 54.1399, 1214697600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-60", "Samantha Emery-Brown, 29 Jun 2008", "We live at Roweltown which is in North East Cumbria, about 10 miles from Brampton. We have had a pair of spotted flycatchers in our garden for the two years that we have lived here…"); series.addPoint(0.566700, 51.883301, 1214611200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-61", "j m chilver, 28 Jun 2008", "We have spotted flycatchers every year."); series.addPoint(-3.533300, 50.700001, 1214611200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-62", "J & B Skellern, 28 Jun 2008", "We have a pair of spotted flycatchers nesting in our covered yard at Oare, Wiltshire; the fledglings are about to fly. There is another pair half a mile away in the village, and an…"); series.addPoint(0.8844, 51.1656, 1214524800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-63", "david ellis, 27 Jun 2008", "I am trying to attract goldfinches to my garden but so far have not suceeded. What sure fire method is there?"); series.addPoint(7.3608, 49.7103, 1214524800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-64", "Valerie & Bernhard Klotz, 27 Jun 2008", "We have Bats, starlings, sparrows, red tail and blue tits in the garden"); series.addPoint(-3.4109, 54.6871, 1214524800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-65", "Peter Nicholson, 27 Jun 2008", "I have a photo of a tree creeper on my leg - stunned after flying into the conservatory. 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Understand from neighbours their flycatchers have also returned this year, although other neighbours s…"); series.addPoint(-1.8292, 52.0626, 1214438400000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-67", "Roger Kane, 26 Jun 2008", "I have a photo of what I believe to be a Convolvulus Hawkmoth, taken near my home last weekend."); series.addPoint(-2.000000, 54.000000, 1214438400000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-68", "shirley eldridge, 26 Jun 2008", "Spotted flycatchers have been coming to the garden for the past 40 or so years. this year however, as last year, we are only seeing a single bird. they usually breed successfully,…"); series.addPoint(-3.0295, 52.6397, 1214438400000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-69", "Mrs Rita Waters, 26 Jun 2008", "We have lived in the very rural village of Westbury, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire for nearly 39 years. Housemartins have nested under the gable at both ends of our house every year…"); series.addPoint(-1.700000, 52.183300, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-70", "Ron & Karen Jackson, 25 Jun 2008", "We live in a small village, 7 miles south east of Lincoln. We have a large garden with open countryside to the rear. 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I observed it for several ho…"); series.addPoint(0.9970, 52.1234, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-74", "Glenn King, 25 Jun 2008", "Spotted Flycatchers return most years to their old nest on a trellis on the east wall of my house and they are using the nest again this year. They have had problems in the past wi…"); series.addPoint(0.9668, 52.4091, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-75", "Katherine Shearer, 25 Jun 2008", "I mentioned before that my parents had spotted fly catchers in their garden. I forgot to mention that last year the fly catcher nest was intertwined with a wren's nest. Both birds…"); series.addPoint(0.5273, 51.9443, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-76", "Katherine Shearer, 25 Jun 2008", "My parents have a pair of spotted flycatchers than nest in their garden each year. The nest is always in the porch by the front door. If they remove the nest when it is empty the f…"); series.addPoint(1.0327, 52.3432, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-77", "James Barton, 25 Jun 2008", "We have lived here, in a village between Bury st Edmunds and Diss for 25 years. Every year until now we have had huge numbers of swifts here in the summer. One can sit out on a Jun…"); series.addPoint(-4.1028, 52.1235, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-78", "Tom Harris, 25 Jun 2008", "60 so far -Spotted flycatchers and House martins. Do any of these other migrants count?- Barn Swallow, Redstart, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler ."); series.addPoint(-3.0954, 54.7991, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-79", "Joan S, 25 Jun 2008", "Delighted to observe spotted flycatcher visiting garden daily - first time ever seen in garden."); series.addPoint(-0.4147, 52.9999, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-80", "Tony Gordon, 25 Jun 2008", "I should have added that our score is 60 (all made up of 10s). Listening to your latest World on the Move, it was mentioned that Dunnocks are getting rarer. Well, for the first tim…"); series.addPoint(-0.4312, 52.9983, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-81", "Tony Gordon, 25 Jun 2008", "House Martins have always been regular visitors to our Edwardian semi - even after we and our neighbours had the roof re-done five years ago. They are back this year but not in the…"); series.addPoint(0.3049, 52.1824, 1214352000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-82", "Anthony Stone, 25 Jun 2008", "We have a pair of spotted flycatchers nesting in a nest-box behind a rose on an east-facing wall. They have at least one chick hatched. We have had flycatchers nesting in our garde…"); series.addPoint(-1.4667, 54.1608, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-83", "Susan Turner, 24 Jun 2008", "Pair of Flycatchers nesting in garden. Annual visitors our garden."); series.addPoint(-2.9800, 54.7753, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-84", "Claire Godfrey, 24 Jun 2008", "90 points! We have had a Spotted Flycatcher this year. 2 years ago they nested in a shed behind our house but I think they are a little further away this time."); series.addPoint(-1.1014, 53.7601, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-85", "Olwen Green, 24 Jun 2008", "We live in a small village surrounded by arable land and last year we had two House Martins nests, one at the peak of the north gable and one at the peak of the south gable. The no…"); series.addPoint(-1.1014, 53.7601, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-86", "Olwen Green, 24 Jun 2008", "We live in a small village surrounded by arable land and last year we had two House Martins nests, one at the peak of the north gable and one at the peak of the south gable. The no…"); series.addPoint(-0.116700, 51.500000, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-87", "Anne House, 24 Jun 2008", "I am situated on Exmoor and run a sheep sanctuary - Fleecehaven. On the 6th June I was devastate when a cat leapt from a hay rack in one of my stables and destroyed a newly hatched…"); series.addPoint(-2.9526, 54.8829, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-88", "carol duncan, 24 Jun 2008", "We were the honoured hosts to a family of spotted flycatchers, just outside our sunroom, in among the honeysuckle. 5 babies were hatched and we eagerly watched the comings and goin…"); series.addPoint(-4.250000, 55.833302, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-89", "Grace Fenwick, 24 Jun 2008", "Our house in Galloway has been in the family for 30+ years and house martins moved in from the start. Used to have 20+ nests (high density living). Now numbers much reduced - only…"); series.addPoint(-3.0377, 52.2009, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-90", "Paul Tarling, 24 Jun 2008", "Our spotted fly catchers have returned to the garden here in Herefordshire. They actually arrived here on June 2nd. This year we seem to have two pairs."); series.addPoint(0.483300, 51.733299, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-91", "Jenifer Williams, 24 Jun 2008", "We have a pair of spotted flycatchers nesting. They have chosen a new site this year--it is a purpose built 'platform' under the eaves of the summer house. We are well pleased that…"); series.addPoint(-0.116700, 51.500000, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-92", "shirley eldridge, 24 Jun 2008", "we have had spotted flycatchers coming to the garden for the past 40 or so years. However, this year as last, we only see one, not a pair. They usually breed successfully although…"); series.addPoint(-2.000000, 54.000000, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-93", "Caroline, 24 Jun 2008", "Here in SW Scotland I have a pair of house martins nesting in my laundry room which they access through the window which is slightly open. They have built a round nest on top of a…"); series.addPoint(-2.4623, 55.6667, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-94", "L Edward, 24 Jun 2008", "Hume, Kelso, Scottish Borders . We have had flycatchers nesting on the wall of the house for 5 years now (since I have been there), usually on the outside light above the back door…"); series.addPoint(-2.9855, 54.4141, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-95", "W Henry, 24 Jun 2008", "Spotted Flycatcher feeding chicks nesting in porch roof."); series.addPoint(-0.116700, 51.500000, 1214265600000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-96", "Sue Morison, 24 Jun 2008", "We live in North Norfolk.I have 5 house martin nests on my house, these are old nests and the birds have returned to them. There do not seem to be any new nests this year.We also h…"); series.addPoint(-1.500000, 53.366699, 1214092800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-97", "Liz Barrie, 22 Jun 2008", "Beeston, Nottingham. I have one house martin nest; they are raising a brood. They are using the same nest as last year. Two broods were raised in 2007."); series.addPoint(-1.5302, 54.1423, 1213920000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-98", "Andrew Straton, 20 Jun 2008", "I live in a relatively new town house (2004) in Ripon. The garden birds have been slow to to come to the feeders we have put up but are gradually comong more reguarly. I have seen…"); series.addPoint(1.0107, 55.7024, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-99", "Davina, 18 Jun 2008", "Score 60 (so far). House Martins have nested on the house for the past 2 years ( house was built 4 years ago, we moved in 3 years ago).. Do the following count?Red Kite, Buzzard, O…"); series.addPoint(-0.116700, 51.500000, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-100", "Stephen Brooks, 18 Jun 2008", "Canterbury used to be renowned for its resident swifts. However the numbers go down each year. The flocks of 50 or more visible in the late summer evenings ten years ago are now do…"); series.addPoint(-2.0215, 53.5599, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-101", "mary munro, 18 Jun 2008", "we have quite a few swifts in Cleobury Mortimer, s shropshire each year, but there does not seem to be quite as many as last year. I do know that at least one old barn where they u…"); series.addPoint(-2.000000, 54.000000, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-102", "Dave Ellison, 18 Jun 2008", "We live in a small village overlooking the Tay, opposite Dundee. We have had housemartins for the past 25 years at least. There were two nests last year. One was knocked down in sp…"); series.addPoint(0.516600, 51.599998, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-103", "Lee Brett, 18 Jun 2008", "I have a pair of House Martins nesting on the South gable end of my garage(Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex), they have been there for some weeks. There is usually a nest on the…"); series.addPoint(8.7781, 51.8477, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-104", "mark thorpe, 18 Jun 2008", "The Senne area north of Paderborn is a fabulous site for Raptors. Having seen a pair of Hen Harriers interacting with a Buzzard; plus sitings of Hobby; March Harrier; Goshawk; and…"); series.addPoint(-1.500000, 52.933300, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-105", "Paul H, 18 Jun 2008", "Re: House Martins - here in the Yorkshire Dales, I have one pair nesting in the corner of a window this year as usual, although some years there have been two nests. Numbers of Hou…"); series.addPoint(-3.3453, 56.0889, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-106", "FIONA MELVILLE, 18 Jun 2008", "when should swallows hatch their chicks?"); series.addPoint(-2.000000, 54.000000, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-107", "Chris Godfrey, 18 Jun 2008", "House Martins adopted our house when newly built 15 years ago, due I think to the rural location and the old style overhanging eaves. Most years we have 4 or 5 nests, but this year…"); series.addPoint(115.9937, -31.9428, 1213747200000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-108", "janice broom, 18 Jun 2008", "well????? do Kangaroos count ?"); series.addPoint(-2.3703, 52.7629, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-109", "colin, 17 Jun 2008", "House martins are building a nest next door. Also when going for an early evening stroll we spotted about ten house martins flying over our local park."); series.addPoint(-2.7191, 51.1397, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-110", "Dora Almy, 17 Jun 2008", "I am looking at a spotted flycatcher as I write this (one of a pair), they are nesting in the jasmine just above the window. We have swifts flying high overhead do they count? In w…"); series.addPoint(-5.8777, 57.1109, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-111", "Judith Law, 17 Jun 2008", "I live on the Isle of Skye and within a year of building our house (4 years ago) we had 3 house martins nests, all with young. This has risen to a fourth nest being built this year…"); series.addPoint(-1.2112, 53.8574, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-112", "Mrs Elaine Shortle, 17 Jun 2008", "we have just put different seed containers hanging from our bird table in the garden and yesterday I noticed two birds spending quite sometime enjoying the seed I cannot be sure of…"); series.addPoint(-0.0934, 51.4968, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-113", "Sheila Smyth, 17 Jun 2008", "We have had swifts in this area (Walthamstow, London) all the years I have lived here which now totals 14 and they regularly nest in my roof. However, I have noticed that the numbe…"); series.addPoint(-2.8729, 54.8845, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-114", "Bill Graham, 17 Jun 2008", "I am responding to todays item about housemartins - we have two pairs nesting in the eaves of our house, we live just outside Carlisle, Cumbria [CA4 8HR] - 1 is a nest that was bui…"); series.addPoint(-3.333300, 57.650002, 1213488000000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-115", "norman defoe, 15 Jun 2008", "I heard a mention of crossbills on todays World on the Move but can find no reference on this website?Fairly common in my garden, i put up cuttlefish bone for them. The reason I me…"); series.addPoint(-2.0242, 52.1301, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-116", "Jacqueline Weddell, 17 Jun 2008", "House martins have nested on my house for the last fourteen years. until last year there were always two nests but last year although they started to rebuild a nest they did not ra…"); series.addPoint(0.200000, 51.583302, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-117", "Trevor Clarke, 17 Jun 2008", "I am responding to today's (17 /6/08) item on house martins. I live in Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester (postcode OL6 8PF) and we've shared our house with house martins ever…"); series.addPoint(-5.6909, 50.1206, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-118", "Gill Caven, 17 Jun 2008", "90 so far"); series.addPoint(-3.8947, 50.6164, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-119", "Hilary Hopkins, 17 Jun 2008", "We live on Dartmoor and have a wide variety of bird life.- and butterflies.I would like to question your advice on the knocking down of bedraggled house martin nests in the winter.…"); series.addPoint(-1.4502, 52.0457, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-120", "Mrs Mary Chaunt, 17 Jun 2008", "You asked about house martins in today's programme. When we came here thirty years ago martins made attempts to build under our eaves but the nests kept falling off. I suspect that…"); series.addPoint(0.0659, 51.6436, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-121", "Barbara Youngman, 17 Jun 2008", "I was listening to your Tuesday morning programme about house martins. I live in N-E London, in Chingford. We moved into our present house in 1981 and for many years, while our chi…"); series.addPoint(-0.9998, 51.3941, 1213660800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-122", "Deirdre Waddington, 17 Jun 2008", "Not a sign of a house martin as yet this year. Until a few years ago we had several nests under the eves. For the last couple of years house martins have appeared early in the seas…"); series.addPoint(-0.9668, 50.8458, 1221436800000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-123", "Jenny Fletcher, 15 Sep 2008", "It has been an intermittently sunny but quite cool day with a light breeze from the North East. I have been working on my PC in the garden - taking advantage of the wonders of WIFI…"); series.addPoint(-3.7244, 55.8799, 1220918400000, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/reports/gardenwatch//#comment-124", "James, 09 Sep 2008", "Hi. I would like to know where dragonflies and damsels go for shelter when it's raining, as I can't get a macro shot of them in the wet. Thanks"); series.addToMigration(mi);var series = new Markers("user-comments", "Comments", { file: 'map-icon-comment.png', size: [24, 34] }, false, false);series.addPoint(-4.0320, 52.4443, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-8", "Malcolm and Shirley Tunley, 18 Jun 2008", "We have had house martins here (Ceredigion, Wales) for many years. Last year there were fewer by far. This year the old nests have been taken over by sparrows. No sign of any house…");series.addPoint(-2.450000, 50.599998, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-7", "dona haycraft, 19 Jun 2008", "A pair of spotted flycatchers nested a couple of weeks ago in the ancient yew at the bottom of the garden.I watched them from the window of my shed as the female sat on the nest. T…");series.addPoint(-2.7164, 51.1449, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-4", "Dora Almy (Glastonbury), 24 Jun 2008", "Listened to today's programme and was surprised to hear that no one had yet seen any spotted flycatchers. I contacted you last week to say I have a pair nesting on the house- there…");series.addPoint(-3.8480, 50.3428, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-5", "Neil Cooper, 24 Jun 2008", "A family of four spotted flycatcher chicks flew their nest on Saturday 21st June. I'm hoping they will havea second brood as it's still early. Near Modbury, South Hams, Devon. PL21…");series.addPoint(-0.583300, 51.500000, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-6", "Sue Edwards, 24 Jun 2008", "When my daughter was at Gordonstoun school in Moray, Scotland, there was a spotted flycatcher nesting in a climbing rose bush against the wall of Plewlands House, one of the girls'…");series.addPoint(-1.2360, 51.8290, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-3", "Jane Markham, 26 Jun 2008", "I'm pleased to report spotted flycatchers in my garden on the edge of Otmoor. I think there is a pair although I've not seen them together. We have had them nest here in the past b…");series.addPoint(-0.6070, 53.0214, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-2", "Marylyn Mason, 01 Jul 2008", "Our house martins have only just arrived in the past two days and have started to build a nest at this late stage in the season.");series.addPoint(-2.5653, 49.4646, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-1", "Carole Kinnersly, 03 Jul 2008", "I am over the moon, 7.30 a.m. 3rd July 2008 just seen my first Hummingbird Hawk Moth of the year and it has homed in on my bed of verbena that I always plant especially for it!! Al…");series.addPoint(-1.850000, 53.716702, 1, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/worldonthemove/species/the-garden/comments/#comment-0", "Annabelle Tipper, 12 Dec 2008", "I love this time of year because flocks of migrating birds can regularly be seen and heard flying above my home. If I go into the garden, I always keep watch and listen carefully.…");series.addToMigration(mi);