PLEASE accept my sincerest thanks for your truly excellent Rumworth Lodge 'Woodland' feature, which hopefully will now promote an eco-friendly debate in the 'Your Views' pages of the BEN.

I was especially pleased to read your feature on Antony Wainwright, who, I think you will agree, is a truly amazing young man.

He has such an acute sense of hearing, that he can instantly pinpoint a bird call, and from just the call he can identify the bird, and identify if it is male, female, adult, juvenile or in distress.

Furthermore, he can do that for every single species of British and European bird!

An absolutely incredible guy. I really do think that Bolton has a David Bellamy or Jonathon Porritt in the making.

Thanks again.

Fred Lovell

Junction Road West

Lostock