"Cerumen" wrote in message
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Cerumen" writes:
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| By 'ancient' I would understand Neolithic times. How picky can you
get?
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| I'm not picky, those who did the survey were. Apparently if it wasn't
here
| before we were isolated by water it's not native.

Sycamores seem to have been introduced into Ireland in the 1600s.



An interesting definition. There have certainly been several birds
that have established here without direct human involvement, and I
think that there have been some plants.

And here, well birds for sure as there is a fairly recent but thriving
colony of
little egrets established very near me.


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Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland