It is a rare occasion when Nature and my work directly dovetail together. Usually, nature watching is what happens after the job is complete and I am waiting for a ferry home. Or maybe whilst driving to and fro, there'll be a raptor or a wader sat on a fence post at the edge of the road. Less frequently, thankfully, I might have to share a loft with spiders or, outdoors, a satellite dish might be located just above a huge clump of nettles. However, during the last few years, I have noticed a definite trend in the month of June. The phenological problem begins with a telephone call reporting a worsening fault with tv channels. Initially this has manifested itself with a few channels disappearing whilst others are unaffected, then a few more disappear, before finally, all signal is lost. Now, without delving too deep into technobabble, there could be many explanations for these symptoms, at any time of year. These include a dish becoming mis-aligned due to strong winds, a fail...