A cursory (well more of a wtf) glance at the lost and found and it looks like loosing stuff at the crag is really in vogue. I haven't done any nerdy graphing stuff but just seems like carnage, not just the odd wire or cam, ropes, racks.
More climbing going on just now than other years?
More lost and found logging in UKC going on than previously?
Given it seems quite a low number of people claiming stuff that is found ...maybe lots of 'new' climbers with furlough to burn?
A covid symptom?
Porterage strategy? to save carrying it from the crag and letting someone post it back?
Upside though litter seems to be really low...we always carry a pedal bin bags and amazingly tidy on the Eastern Grit edges.