A flock of curlews, must have been 50 strong just flew over my field there. Chuffed to see and hear them. I take it these are migratory birds...
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These days I can see (occasionally all together):
2 Robins
Anywhere between 6 and about 16 Goldfinches
About 6 to 10 Bluetits
What I think are about...
I signed up with this crowd a couple of years back: but I rarely get time to read their regular newsletters. However, this morning a piece on what to...
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you might be able to gently encourage the sleepy butterfly out onto the wall or ceiling of an unheated room or building such as a shed, porch, garage...
Only a few so far but the cold weather usually forces them out of mainland Europe. I haven't seen any since c.1972/73 and I have tried, missing them...
Just creating this thread since Ash makes up a very big percentage of big native broadleaf we have in this country. All my Ash trees are in various...
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There's a cross-border back road I drive regularly and it had whole avenues of huge mature Ash trees for miles. The farmers have been removing these...
Just anecdotally, from my own diaries over the last three years, and there's hardly a Buzzard to be seen, or heard, around Enniscorthy over the last...
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Small farmers on their tractors should watch-out as they have been carried off before by these dangerous birds. Good to hear they are back I still...
Anyone notice it this summer, the amount of spiders webs around the place? They're on my exterior conservatory windows, loads of them in my garden...
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I had to remove alot of little Spider egg nests along my wooden window frames as I was painting last weekend. I hated doing it but it would end up in...
Not every nature lover's cup of tea but where would our Natural History Museum be today without the art of the taxidermist. I had a couple of friends...
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I know two lads that live locally that do or done this work. One does fish, trout being his specialty, and does backgrounds too. The other fella does...
Very impressed with the number of yellow hammers locally in my area this year, considering they are a red listed species. A neighbour of mine had 60...
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Ye all probably knew about this for ages but it was a breakthrough for me. I've been absolutely inundated with House Martin shyte since they arrived...
Another link sent by a friend - wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. These scarce winter migrants only occur in Ireland when conditions are...
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Just kidding, it's better than my non existent Peregrine video. :mrgreen:
First sightings - by me - of Swallows and Martins today. Just a handful but it's a start and they have already been reported on the north coast.
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Alot of swifts around the place yesterday evening. Great to see, no idea where they are nesting locally but seemed to be feeding on something up high...
This is probably a question that can't be answered, but I'll ask it anyway.
There is a small stream locally that used to have a lot of minnows...
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My poor father, when I think back on it. We gave him no peace in summer. He'd come in from the factory, have his tea and we'd all sit round with long...
As if the poor bees didn't have enough problems - now Bee-eaters have moved into the UK and breeding is likely. Yet another sign of global warming -...
So I noticed we had hedgehogs in our back garden for the last few years, didn’t think they lived here but came in and out through the hole in the...
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All this talk of hedgehogs reminded me of this very non pc Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch - look away at the start and end of the video if you love...
Key times in my observation of all things nature during the year also involves various insects. I was out and about...
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I was taking some old cans and jars from the garage the other day and noticed a spider falling to the ground. A quick inspection showed it had a fat...
Came across this piece in the Wexford Guardian of 13th April. Absolutely typical of the autocratic way CIE/IE operate and they are only at their best...
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Wouldn't mind the holes for the metal posts for palisade fencing is tiny. What are they building, the great wall of China?
This morning discovered this on the side of my car, definitely not there last night. Has the look of bird shit, except it is enormous! There are very...
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