Thanks, everyone, very entertaining--Robbo, your tales reminded me of that telly show with that incomprehensible Scottish actor playing a constantly drunk, incomprehensible Glaswegian---what was it called? The actor was from Glasgow, wasn't he? No idea what he was saying, but still funny to watch.
Thanks for the pronunciation guide, Catlady and Linda, but I fear I am too old to learn a new language, not to mention that the Ospreys are returning so my spare time is declining (yes, I am one of those folks, loved by or despised by many, but hey ho, such is life). Was rubbish at languages when I was a teenager, although I can still remember a few phrases of the two I did study for a short time, and I can just about do the 'ch' sound, also used in German. The first German phrase on offer was "Es ist heiss Heute, Tante Inge"--not a lot of everyday use for that and never had an Aunt Inge, either, although I could have used it in the heat waves of recent years, minus the Tante Inge, of course, and climate change increases my chances to use it, unfortunately. French was not the other language--I only know one sentence in French and that is not fit for polite society...learnt it on a field trip, so I leave it to your imagination.
Still not birdboxes, sorry Hooky...but Ospreys do sometimes use human-made nest platforms as well as building their own nests; will that suffice?--Lol!
Kind regards, Ann