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bumble ID ?

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by Nature's Babe » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:47 pm

We get a good variety of bees here, but today I saw a smallish bumble bee type i had not seen before,it was black/ fuzzy but not thick fuzz, but...

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Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:37 pm
Flying Ants - what a sight

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by vegpatchmum » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:17 am

16.54 yesterday and a patch of the lawn near the veg patch gate as well as the fence and gate itself, was a home to a heaving mass of winged ants...

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Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:40 pm
Bird for the Table

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by Arnie » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:46 pm

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good dual purpose bird please, I don't want broilers but something for the table. I would be grateful for any advice on...

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Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:46 pm
Sparrow numbers

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by alan refail » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:06 am

Perhaps this is why in our rural quiet we have increasing numbers of sparrows every year - as well as masses of young bluetits and chaffinches....

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Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:51 pm
Good to be back

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by alan refail » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:54 am

IMG_0977.JPG Mrs Gull (on the left of the picture) returned to her perch outside our back door a couple of days ago after a long absence hatching her...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:32 am
How bee friendly are our gardens

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by Nature's Babe » Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:27 am

RHS has launched a list of 400 bee-friendly plants. In the last 20 years there has been a dramatic 50 per cent decline in bee numbers in Britain....

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Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:15 pm
Neosporosis

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by peter » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:29 pm

Walking across a large village green grazed by cattle next to the National Trust property of Hatfield Forest I encountered some slightly terse signs...

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Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:29 pm
Chicken Food

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by Arnie » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:53 am

Hi Everyone :D

Can anyone tell me why my hens don't like barley :shock: I feed them a mixture of layer's pellets, mixed corn, and barley. they...

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Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:09 pm
Solitary bees

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by ken » Sun May 27, 2012 10:08 am

I've been making space for a small greenhouse, which involved cutting into a slope a little way, exposing a few inches of clay 'cliff'. There have...

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Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:52 am
And as for the Blackbird .....

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by vegpatchmum » Wed May 30, 2012 7:33 pm

.... she's built her nest on the very top shelf of the open fronted toys/land rover body panels storage shed, in the folds of our old umbrella style...

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Wed May 30, 2012 8:57 pm
Robin in the engine hoist

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by vegpatchmum » Mon May 28, 2012 9:38 am

When we moved into our house, we inherited a 2 tonne engine hoist which was at the bottom of the garden and which the previous owners had...

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Mon May 28, 2012 4:35 pm
In black and white -

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by Nature's Babe » Fri May 04, 2012 8:06 am

Well for the last two or three years I have seen an albino white pheasant round here, and this year end of march I saw an all black pheasant, at...

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Wed May 16, 2012 7:14 pm
Bees in bird nesting box

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by Primrose » Fri May 11, 2012 1:05 pm

We have a small but growing colony of bumblebees? which have taken over a blue tit bird nesting box in the garden. I'm sorry we won't be having the...

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Fri May 11, 2012 7:55 pm
lots of ladybirds out early - greenflies beware!

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by Nature's Babe » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:08 pm

Noticing ladybirds everywhere this year, is it going to be a good year for them? They were the native type too. I have seen fewer bumble bees so far...

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Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:21 am
Buzzards Galore

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by Johnboy » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:19 am

At the top of the hill behind me there are the remains of a Great British Fort and later a Roman Fort and is known for it's gatherings of Buzzards...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:58 am
Cuckoos

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by Geoff » Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:42 pm

I don't know if anybody else has followed the BTO Cuckoo tracking that was on Springwatch. Each of the individual blogs show their tracks.

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Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:28 pm
One down....

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by Marigold » Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:38 pm

I have been aware that we have rodents in part of the house. Old house, empty too long before we came. I dared not use poison because of the...

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Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:41 am
Where have all the birdies gone?

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by DiG » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:23 am

Up until a couple of days ago our garden was teaming with birds of all sizes, all feasting happily on the hedgerow fruit and foraging for seeds and...

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Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:18 pm
The 2012 chicken survey

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by KGAdmin » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:18 pm

We want you to get the most from your Kitchen Garden magazine every month and love to hear your views on all aspects of the magazine and its...

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Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:19 pm
FIRST FROGS

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by PLUMPUDDING » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:06 pm
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The warm sunshine today 23rd February has brought all the frogs out of hibernation and the pond is heaving. The fish are sulking at the deep end and...
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Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:01 pm
What bird is it?

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by Westi » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:16 pm

I haven't a photo so bear with me with the description of this little chap that has visited the feeder in the tree twice now.
* He appears to be a...

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Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:14 pm
Flower-loving mice?

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by Monika » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:29 pm

The petals on all our snowdrops in just one part of the garden have all disappeared and the petals on some Tete-a-tete daffodils are going the same...

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Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:15 pm
Wonderful Surprise!

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by Johnboy » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:22 am

Yesterday morning the cats had left a dead Rabbit on the back lawn and I was just in time to see a Red Kite swoop down and steal the carcass off the...

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Last post by Colin_M
Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:01 am
TV Dove

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by peter » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:45 pm

Ruddy dove decided to start a nest just outside the bedroom window on the sky dish mounting bracket. Kept making an almost growling coo-coo during...

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Last post by Geoff
Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:49 pm
Eyes to the sky's

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by Arnie » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:21 pm

Hi everyone,

I know I am a bit early with this, but who's going to be first to spot the return of this years Swift/Swallow/House Martin's.

I love...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:05 pm
first yellow brimstone butterfly

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by sally wright » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:35 pm

Dear All,
saw a yellow brimstone today. only they can carry off that shade of yellow though!
Regards sally wright.

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Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:35 pm
Big Garden Birdwatch

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by alan refail » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:47 am

It's that time of year again - just over a week to go to

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Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:04 am
Oh rats!

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by The Mouse » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:54 pm
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The security light outside our backdoor came on the other night, and our son looked out to see what he described as "huge" rat.
Next...
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Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:02 am
Call this Christmas?

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by alan refail » Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:09 pm

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My five new pullets, three Bluebelle and two Speckledy, taking shelter on a wet and windy Christmas day.

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Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:41 am
Magpies

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by peter » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:03 pm
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I cannot recall seeing many magpies as a child, now I see them everywhere, urban, suburban and bucolic.
Can any members of slightly more life...
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:01 pm
Red Legs

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by Geoff » Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:29 pm

Not the best of pictures but they only seem to come at the start and end of the day but we are getting 6 to 8 Red Legged Partridge cleaning up round...

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Last post by jane E
Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:18 pm
Slugs in the house?

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by Marigold » Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:10 pm

Does anyone else get these? This is a very old house that had been empty years and heading for dereliction.

Many times a week I get up to find large...

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Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:08 pm
Birds started singing again

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by PLUMPUDDING » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:54 pm
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Have you noticed that after their moult and recovering from raising young all the birds have started singing again this week. After hearing nothing...
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Last post by Monika
Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:01 pm
Migrations

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by Geoff » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:04 pm

As you may have seen the BTO wants to know about winter thrush migrations.

Also a reminder to keep checking on the fascinating journeys of the five...

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Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:38 am
Butterflies

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by sincerity » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:46 am

Last year, I estimated that there were in excess of 150 butterflies at one time on my buddleia bush. I counted 55 peacock butterflies but there were...

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Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:22 pm
For bee keepers and bee fans.

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by Nature's Babe » Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:25 am

This is not spam but a useful promotion for bee health. Invest in the future of your bees and get some cool honey - manuka honey in our local shop is...

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Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:01 am
Are your moles "breeding like rabbits"?

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by alan refail » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:16 am

" Mole explosion brings headache for gardeners
Gardeners all over Britain are tearing their hair out because there's been an early autumn...

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Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:38 pm
Save our woodlands - eat venison

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by alan refail » Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:18 am

...and I'm sure some of you would say "Save our allotments too!"

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Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:04 am
Badgers

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by Myrkk » Sun May 15, 2011 10:07 pm
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A few weeks ago a badger started visiting our garden. It was gorgeous to see. It was last in the garden around 8.45pm last Monday and disappeared off...
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Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:32 pm
Blackbirds

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by sincerity » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:00 am

I was watching German television today, when I saw an article reporting the deaths of at least a thousand blackbirds in one area of Germany. This was...

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Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:20 pm
Can you ID this insect please?

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by Nature's Babe » Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:52 pm

I met a new friend today which I hadn't seen before, wings folded along its long slim black body and black head, quite long black feelers, white dots...

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Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:44 pm
Hummingbird Hawk Moth

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by Parsons Jack » Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:50 pm

Just been watching a couple of hummingbird hawk moths busy in the garden.
They have been alternating between lavender and buddleia for about the last...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:59 pm
Manuka protection for our bees.

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by Nature's Babe » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:23 am

Manuka has anti bacterial anti viral and anti fungal properties, a bee magnet plant helps protect bees, should make for similar properties in honey...

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Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:09 pm
Amphibians Thriving.

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by Nature's Babe » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:05 am

Yesterday I emptied the soil from an old flowerpot onto the compost and there at the bottom of the pot was a tiny baby newt, I set him down and he...

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Last post by peter
Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:46 pm
Disastrous Year for our Swallow Pair

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by DiG » Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:46 am

For the first time since we moved here we had a pair of swallows nest in our barn. They had a brood of 4-5 chicks but something dislodged the nest...

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Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:30 am
Spread of bird pox

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by Nature's Babe » Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:04 pm

Researches are asking the public to help track the spread of bird pox. It particularly affects great tits.

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Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:52 pm
Great Spotted Woodpecker

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by Parsons Jack » Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:17 pm

Just happened to glance out of the window and saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker sitting on top of the rose arch in the back garden :D

Very unusual for...

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Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:54 pm
Hedgehog stops play

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by MikA » Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:00 pm
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Clearing the area in front of the compost heap to get last years out when spotted this hedgehog right where I was about to move the slab and leaves....
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:20 pm
Elephant Hawk Moth

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by Parsons Jack » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:47 pm

I decided to hoe some of the weeds on the untended adjoining plot to me this morning.
As well as numerous beetles, I came across a lovely green form...

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Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:04 pm
My compost temporarily off limits.

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by Nature's Babe » Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:41 pm

I discovered a nursery of baby slow worms today, Lucky I have more than one compost heap. They are so cute

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Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:10 pm

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