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Humming Bird Hawk moth

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by Clive. » Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:57 pm

Humming Bird Hawk Moth spotted today in the garden at work....this morning around the Blackberries...and this afternoon on some Regal Pelargoniums...

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Last post by Monika
Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:10 pm
Surprise seeds.

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by Nature's Babe » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:46 pm
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Last year I planted a packet of wild flower seeds, expecting a mix of pretty wild flowers, well we had a few pretty pink ones and some strange large...
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Last post by peter
Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:35 am
Swifts

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by Elaine » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:30 am

There has been a distinct lack of Swifts this year around here. Working on my allotment was always accompanied by the screaming parties of Swifts...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:47 pm
Hens not laying very well

Last post by Chantal
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by Essexboy » Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:45 pm

My allotment neighbour and I started keeping hens on the allotment at the back end of last year. We have a bit of a mixed bunch, Rhode islands, Black...

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Last post by Chantal
Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:19 am
Bee or wasp, good or bad??

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by lucysmum » Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:09 am

Hi.
Over the last couple of days something has been making a home in the bottom of one of my pepper plants. They are in the greenhouse standing on a...

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Last post by pongeroon
Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:20 pm
How can we discourage these pigeons?

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by Primrose » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:42 pm

Until a couple of months ago we had a lovely mix of birds regularly visiting our bird table - but no ferral pigeons. Then one ferral pigeon appeared...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:37 pm
Surprise find

Last post by glallotments
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by Elaine » Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:29 am

Having grown my Runner Beans in pots in the greenhouse and hardened them off in the cold frame, I gave them a good watering prior to planting out...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:59 pm
Rare crested newt

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by Nature's Babe » Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:36 pm

This morning when feeding my indian runner ducks I happened to notice movement in their pond, I scooped it out to rescue, as they would have had it...

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Last post by Galatea
Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:04 pm
Asian Hornets

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by Nature's Babe » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:54 pm

our hornets seem pretty docile and I caught and released one from my lounge a few days ago. However, the asian hornet which has invaded France
is...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:54 pm
New Chickens-pecking order

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by bottomleypots » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:00 am

I have just bought 4 POL pullets and have put them in with my existing 3 hens, and there has been what I can only describe as a mexican standoff!!...

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Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:59 pm
I just heard it!

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by Primrose » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:33 am

I'm so chuffed. :D I was woken at 5 a.m. this morning by the sound of a cuckoo. I don't think I've heard one for a couple of years round here and...

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Last post by glallotments
Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:05 pm
Starlings

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by Clive. » Sun May 30, 2010 1:27 pm
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We have not seen the great flocks of Starlings for a long time...that once seemed to be the norm'.....

..but...on our small front lawn at the moment...
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Last post by Monika
Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:25 pm
Blue tits,making up for winter losses.

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Nature's Babe » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:43 pm

Many small bird losses overwinter - we only had one blue tit at the bird table this spring, she was back today with 2 young, helping them and...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:13 pm
Pet rabbit question

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by Essexboy » Sun May 30, 2010 6:42 pm

We have finally succumbed to my daughters requests and now we have a pet rabbit, and I must admit, I find that he is quite an amusing little chap...

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Mon May 31, 2010 3:57 pm
Private habits of mallards in breeding season

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by Primrose » Wed May 19, 2010 8:48 pm

For the third spring in succession we've had a pair of mallards take up almost permanent residence in our garden. I swear it must be the same pair to...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat May 22, 2010 7:00 pm
Pheasant

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by The Mouse » Wed May 12, 2010 12:34 pm

I looked out of the window to see if there were any rabbits in sight, having found some large holes in the front garden only yards from the front...

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Last post by Geoff
Wed May 12, 2010 9:09 pm
Billy Bunter

Last post by Monika
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by Geoff » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:12 pm

We've re-christened our almost resident Reed Bunting since it discovered the fat balls.

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Last post by Monika
Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:40 pm
where to keep my chickens!

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by mrs gruntilla » Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:16 pm

Hi there

very sorry if this has already been discussed - this is my first post, so still finding my way around.

I used to keep chickens a few years...

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Last post by skinny_bum
Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:54 pm
Blackcap

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by Monika » Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:41 pm

Our swallows are still rather thin on the ground or, rather, in the air, but yesterday we heard the first blackcap of the year singing. What a lovely...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:19 am
Bees

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by Johnboy » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:25 am

The annual blossom period is upon us and this year masses of bees.
The flowering currants are in full bloom here and the noise of bees busy about...

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Last post by glallotments
Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:23 am
Keeping Rabbits for Meat

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by Essexboy » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:50 pm

Hello everybody,
Anybody had any experience of keeping Rabbits for meat, as opposed to a pet rabbit in a hutch? Is it worth while? are there...

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Last post by Thanet
Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:09 am
Mysterious disappearance of seed potatoes

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by alan refail » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:48 pm
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Can anyone suggest a solution to this mystery?

Every year I set up seed potatoes in trays in our old smithy - thick stone walls and frost-free.

I...
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Last post by Chantal
Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:19 am
why have the birds stopped using my garden?

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by ozboz » Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:51 pm

I have a feeding station in my garden.. But no birds! The food goes off and very little is eaten. I see birds flitting past my garden but the very...

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Last post by peter
Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:11 am
How do they do it?

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by alan refail » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:18 am

For the seventh year our local ospreys have returned to Afon Glaslyn. They always nest in the same tree and arrive at the same time - the cock on 21...

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Last post by Johnboy
Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:37 am
Sad

Last post by Elaine
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by Geoff » Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:34 pm

Walking round the garden yesterday I spotted this body of a bird lying on a branch of a Christmas tree. I think it had been there a while. I believe...

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Last post by Elaine
Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:55 pm
The first bird's egg

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by Primrose » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:33 pm

I've just found a broken bird's egg shell on my lawn. Surely it's a little early for eggs to be hatching? Possibly the egg has been it's been stolen...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:26 pm
D.I.Y. Wormery

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by Nick Dawson » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:55 pm

Has anybody constructed their own wormery? If so, where did they acquire the brandlings?

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Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:08 am
Rocky update

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by Chantal » Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:48 pm

For all those fans of my lovely Rocky...

As you may recall, Rocky moved to Worcestershire just over a year ago and is living the high life with...

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Last post by Franksmum
Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:48 pm
A little animal romance for Valentine's day

Last post by glallotments
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by Primrose » Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:14 pm

An unusual friendship here. Turn the sound up.

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Last post by glallotments
Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:07 pm
Duck eggs.

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by snooky » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:25 pm

Whilst reading about Alan about to tuck in to a freshly laid duck egg,I wondered if ducks were all year round layers or were they seasonal i.e.just...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:55 am
What can have killed these frogs?

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by Primrose » Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:15 pm

I have a small "sink pond" at the edge of my vegetable patch as a temporary refuge for frogs. A few days ago when I checked it, it had no...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:10 pm
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

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by alan refail » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:36 am
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Just my annual reminder that the Garden Birdwatch is next weekend - 30-31 January.
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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:21 am
Bird Processing.

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by WellyWife » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:22 pm

So I've read a few postings about folks having problems with plucking... and maybe I might be able to help.

All I can tell you is what I do - now,...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:22 am
Frogs coming out of hibernation

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by Primrose » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:52 am

Do frogs usually come out of hibernation at night? It won't be long before I'm watching out for frogspawn in our little pond again, but although I'm...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:31 am
It's autumn - The big spiders are back.

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Primrose » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:28 pm
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I don't know why it is but I never seem to see the big spiders and their webs until autumn. (Perhaps that's because in Spring they're only little...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:51 pm
BIrd Table

Last post by Primrose
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by Arnie » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:46 pm

Hi to everyone :D

I am about to build a new bird table, I would like to keep magpies & jackdaws of it so I am going to enclose it with mesh ?...

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Last post by Primrose
Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:35 pm
No brains !

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by Primrose » Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:30 pm

Now I know that squirrels have no brains. I have just watched one come and gather a walnut =from our patio window ledge, climb to the top of a nearby...

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Last post by glallotments
Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:01 pm
Nightime activity

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by Primrose » Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:32 pm

We've had heavy snow here and in the middle of the night I looked out into our front garden. Normally it's completely dark although we have a nearby...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:53 am
COLD FEET !!!

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by macmac » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:54 am

Saw this poor mallard skating on the rhyne at the back of our plot this morning,'hope there's a thaw soon :?

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Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:32 pm
Looks like a thrush but has stripe over its eye

Last post by Elaine
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by Primrose » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:51 am

Delighted this morning to see what at first I thought were four thrushes decending onto our holly bush to eat the berries. They had beige speckled...

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Last post by Elaine
Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:33 pm
Chicken losing wing feathers

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by colin Lamb » Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:35 pm

Over the last few months one of my chickens has lost feathers on both her wings. She does not seem to be pecked or troubled with mites.She is quite...

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Last post by woodenart
Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:49 pm
Feeding a heron

Last post by Monika
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by Primrose » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:17 pm

I'm feeling very sorry for our poor local heron who I've seen cruising around all day over our totally snow covered landscape, with its frozen ponds....

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Last post by Monika
Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:06 pm
Making fat cake for birds

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by glallotments » Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:11 am

I'm going to make a batch on fat cake today and was reading the RSPB web site and wanted to share some information that they are giving out.

They...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:54 pm
Missing birds

Last post by Johnboy
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by Primrose » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:41 am

I can't remember an autumn when we've seen so few small birds in our garden despite putting daily food out for them. The chaffinches, greenfinches...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:05 am
The not so meek Dunnock

Last post by Elaine
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by Johnboy » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:36 am

I have just witnessed the most magnificent scrap between a Dunnock and a Cock Robin.
There was the meek Dunnock doing it's normal hoovering up the...

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Last post by Elaine
Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:05 pm
Plucking Geese

Last post by John
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by geacher » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:42 pm

Hi

I have 6 geese to pluck by hand this week and would like any advice on the best way to do it because i have turkeys and have pucked them but...

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Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:06 pm
What's the law on road kill?

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by Primrose » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:57 am
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If you kill a pheasant whilst driving can you pick it up and claim it? I seem to remember somebody saying that if somebody else kills it, you can...
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Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:53 pm
Heimlich manoeuvre for dogs

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by peter » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:47 pm

Today for the second time in her life my greedy bitch let greed overcome her wish to live. :roll:

So how do you deal with a choking German...

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Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:22 am
Cockerels Help

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by Arnie » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:06 pm

Help :shock:

I will soon have to dispatch a number of cockerels (5) which I am OK with :roll: Alan Refail states in a previous posting that he hung...

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Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:57 pm
Fieldfares

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by Geoff » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:01 am

Some of you down South must be getting a lot of Fieldfares judging by the hundreds that have being passing over us going North-South this weekend....

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Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:35 pm

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