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Last post by Hotrodder « Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
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by Char » Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:28 pm » in Welcome and Forum User Guides.
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There are two ways you can add a photo to your posts.

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Turtle Dove

Last post by widge « Fri Jul 17, 2026 7:54 am
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by Headers » Wed Jul 15, 2026 2:34 pm

This morning a visitor on my doormat
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Last post by widge
Fri Jul 17, 2026 7:54 am
New security guard

Last post by RobertArthur « Tue Jul 14, 2026 2:54 pm
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by RobertArthur » Sat Jul 11, 2026 7:34 pm

These days, all you have to do is hint at your doubts about certain anti-virus programmes somewhere on the internet, and, like a deus ex machina, a...

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Last post by RobertArthur
Tue Jul 14, 2026 2:54 pm
Vegetarian fox?

Last post by Chappers51 « Wed Jul 08, 2026 10:35 am
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by RobertArthur » Tue Jul 07, 2026 11:21 am

There was a time when foxes, certainly during the day, still kept a safe distance from houses. Even in the French countryside. That turned out no...

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Wed Jul 08, 2026 10:35 am
Processionary caterpillars

Last post by Blaze « Sun Jul 05, 2026 8:55 am
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by RobertArthur » Sat Jul 04, 2026 11:01 pm

On the way from Normandy to the Nièvre, two things struck us. Firstly, how strikingly yellow the fields all looked; the harvest had been brought in...

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Last post by Blaze
Sun Jul 05, 2026 8:55 am
Found in the GARDEN II

Last post by MAD87 « Mon Jun 29, 2026 10:59 am
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by exile » Sat Jun 27, 2026 9:39 pm

I have opened a new topic because all attemts to find the original have failed

Many, (too) many moons ago; I promised to get a photo of a Praying...

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Last post by MAD87
Mon Jun 29, 2026 10:59 am
house martins feel home in our patio

Last post by L Austin France « Tue Jun 16, 2026 12:38 pm
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by Biloute » Mon Jun 15, 2026 10:05 am

I built this patio 10 years ago, with an awning that, until now, had only sheltered sparrows.

But this year, for the first time, a pair of swallows...

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Last post by L Austin France
Tue Jun 16, 2026 12:38 pm
Asian Hornets 2026

Last post by Blaze « Wed Apr 29, 2026 7:49 pm
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by Blaze » Sun Apr 26, 2026 1:09 pm

I put traps out in February in the hope of catching a queen or two. By the time I took them down about 3 weeks ago, I'd caught 3 or 4. Since then,...

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Last post by Blaze
Wed Apr 29, 2026 7:49 pm
Swallows

Last post by Blaze « Tue Mar 31, 2026 3:59 pm
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by Blaze » Sun Mar 29, 2026 10:29 am

The swallows have arrived a couple of weeks early this year - the 26th March. Apart from the cold north wind, it's very mild here and spring-like....

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Last post by Blaze
Tue Mar 31, 2026 3:59 pm
Early but sad ending

Last post by MAD87 « Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:11 am
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by Spectrum » Sun Mar 29, 2026 8:10 am

Yesterday about 1600hrs we noticed a Hoopoe feeding in the grass, we watched it for a few minutes, we said it was very early, then something must...

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Last post by MAD87
Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:11 am
Red Billed Leiothrix

Last post by RobertArthur « Mon Mar 23, 2026 11:52 pm
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by basquesteve » Sun Mar 22, 2026 10:43 pm

There was terrible blue picture of an Exotic ‘lipsticked’ song bird in the latest printed French Connexion recently a Leiothrix lutea
I know it as a...

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Last post by RobertArthur
Mon Mar 23, 2026 11:52 pm
slightly upset

Last post by Hotrodder « Mon Mar 02, 2026 4:35 pm
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by basquesteve » Sun Mar 01, 2026 10:50 pm

I have never heard or come across it before, Rats eating the parked campervan's electrics whilst parked in the driveway cost 300 euros to repair :o

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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Mar 02, 2026 4:35 pm
Are they too early?

Last post by Blaze « Mon Feb 09, 2026 8:56 am
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by Headers » Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:04 am

This morning I have seen a huge high flying flock of migratory pigeons flying north, 5 kites heading north.
Apparently grue are on the move going to...

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Last post by Blaze
Mon Feb 09, 2026 8:56 am
Asiatic hornets

Last post by L Austin France « Mon Nov 03, 2025 4:21 pm
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by ajm » Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:14 am
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Just had the commune in to treat a huge nest about 40cms across very high up in a walnut tree. We hadn't seen it but were told by a friend who was...
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Last post by L Austin France
Mon Nov 03, 2025 4:21 pm
They’re going the wrong way

Last post by Headers « Sun Oct 19, 2025 12:26 pm

by Headers » Sun Oct 19, 2025 12:26 pm

It’s migratory pigeon time but I have seen, on consecutive days, very large flocks heading north!
Is it perhaps the triple solar flare storm that has...

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Last post by Headers
Sun Oct 19, 2025 12:26 pm
Noisy flock of small birds

Last post by Headers « Sun Oct 12, 2025 11:34 am
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by Headers » Sat Oct 11, 2025 10:40 am
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This morning I heard a right old racket outside. A flock of small birds came along the side of the house, stopped in a large bush for a few moments...
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Last post by Headers
Sun Oct 12, 2025 11:34 am
Eurasian wryneck

Last post by exile « Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:43 am
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by Blaze » Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:50 pm
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A first for us ! We found him in a water butt but fortunately he hadn't been there long. I had no idea what it was and it was definitely a glove job...
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Last post by exile
Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:43 am
I am a snake wrangler

Last post by exile « Tue Aug 26, 2025 12:30 pm
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by Headers » Mon Aug 25, 2025 2:13 pm

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I saw a lizards tail squiggling about under the edge of the Curtain in our living room. I thought it was a bit long and then it emerged - a young...

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Last post by exile
Tue Aug 26, 2025 12:30 pm
Early birds?

Last post by Loup-garou « Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:43 pm
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by Veem » Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:50 pm
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We haven't seen any, but a few people have posted on a local FB page that over the past 3-4 days they have seen grues flying NE over the Ruffec area....
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Last post by Loup-garou
Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:43 pm
Boar trouble

Last post by Polly « Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:55 pm
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by Headers » Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:17 pm

My neighbours on the other side of the valley keep a few sheep.have done for years. They graze on various parcels belonging to other people in the...

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Last post by Polly
Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:55 pm
Wasps in the rubbish

Last post by Hotrodder « Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:06 am
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by Headers » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:35 pm
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My friends sister lives south of Bordeaux - not sure where but they have a rubbish system where you take it to a collection point and put it in the...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:06 am
Moles

Last post by MAD87 « Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:11 am
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by RobertArthur » Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:29 pm
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After 22 years our first battle with moles. We gave it a try with coffee ground. Cease fire for nearly three days. Now he/she is back. Back to square...
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Last post by MAD87
Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:11 am
THE GOOD AND THE BAD

Last post by exile « Thu Jun 19, 2025 4:25 pm
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by Loup-garou » Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:20 pm
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We use one barn exclusively for wood storing and cutting. Last year about this time three kittens arrived and, together with the mother who had been...
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Last post by exile
Thu Jun 19, 2025 4:25 pm
Found in the garden

Last post by Polly « Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:24 pm
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This jay has been a frequent visitor. He has been chased away by a pair of blackbirds, presumably as he was hoping to pinch their eggs ...

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Last post by Polly
Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:24 pm
Hoopoe

Last post by exile « Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:42 pm
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by Spectrum » Sun Apr 06, 2025 8:56 am

First one of the year just landed in the garden, early?

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Last post by exile
Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:42 pm
Fire salamander

Last post by RobertArthur « Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:39 pm
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by RobertArthur » Thu Mar 27, 2025 6:42 pm
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Under one of the various lids of our système d'assainissement non-collectif , I came across this fire salamander this morning.
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Last post by RobertArthur
Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:39 pm

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