David Rance wrote:
A lot of my eating apples are rotting on the trees. Haven't checked the
cider apples yet.

Didn't think to check that, I shall investigate. (the Really Nice Apple
Tree is a communal one on the allotment)

Red currants: Much reduced crop
Ditto - and the birds have stripped what there was. Strange, because
they normally leave them alone in my garden.

Ha! That is because I covered mine for the first time, so they've obviously
gone to you cos they're hungry. :-)