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Had problems logging in today- the login page came up blank and just sat there and sulked for ages. Eventually after a cuple of hours of trying I kept refreshing the login page and it finally went to...
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Anyone else got ladybirds going through metamorphosis? Our hazel tree is covered with them- at all stages- the black and orange larval stage fastens itself to the leaf with a ticky thread. It starts...
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So, a dilemma today- for lunch I had a chicken sandwich and a pickled egg............... which one DO you eat first?
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So, a dilemma today- for lunch I had a chicken sandwich and a pickled egg............... which one DO you eat first?
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Ours arrived yesterday (4th May) in Bedfordshire- the same day as last year and the one before that. Regular as clockwork they are! Proably about the same time as day as well! Watching for them to...
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As a company car driver I am used to providing a copy of my licence every twelve months. However the company is now utilising a third party company to do do whatever checks with DVLA every year. Of...
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Is it snowing where you are? Odd snow this- not good for rolling but have you looked at the flakes? I have never seen such perfect snow crystals- go on- stick an arm outside and look at the ones than...
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anyone got any idea why this should have two completely different meanings? ie career as in a steady work progression, and at the other end of the scale career as in swerving wildly.
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Just back from two weeks in SW Ireland- wild camping, canoeing etc. Not so many bird species there but never seen so many pied wagtails and song thrushes. Spent a lot of evenings playing with my new...
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Hows it going out there? Getting on to the quiet time of the year bird wise with lots of skulking and moulting about to start. Was on the reserve on Saturday- a busy day. Small mammal trapping course...
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Hi all nature people. Here's a puzzle for you. At the weekend I was camping and a very large willow shed a very large bough nearby- 30 foot long and a couple of feet in diameter- one helluva crash!...
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Saw this a wee while ago If clergymen get defrocked... do cowboys get deranged do news editors get depressed do bed makers get debunked do teachers get declassified can anyone add any more???
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Thought it time to kick a new one off. Did my BTO tetrad (2km square) survey this morning. Nothing greatly out of the ordinary and its hard to count birds with the trees in full leaf! Plenty of the...
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I keep looking at the huge seed you get from avocados and thinking I ought to try planting one.Has anyone ever managed to germinate one of these? I know I could google but I much prefer real peoples...
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Not really a question but a comment on the weekend trip. Yesterday was the first outing for the canadian canoe this year. Me and the missus did three miles on the Ivel from Biggleswade to Sandy and...
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Same day as last year- May 4th! They are well at home now patrolling the skies over my bit of bedfordshire. Are yours back yet?
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Here's a question I have occasionally pondered over for many years. What factors limit the top speed of a car. Take my diesel focus as an example. At 70mph in top gear the engine is churning along at...
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ok all you birdie people. Hows the spring migration doing in your neck of the woods? On the reserve (near Oxford), we have had chiff-chaffs for about five weeks, swallows, house and sand martins have...
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Answering a question in Environment has opened my eyes. We all think we are doing the environment a favour by bagging up the dogs poo and depositing it in tidily in one of the nice red bins- or taking...
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ok- the post down the page seemed to get some riled but it made me think. Why? What is going on in Brigend?Is the suicide rate much the same elsewhere but not noticed? Did all of them know each other?...

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