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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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mechanical horse on water

Last post by RobertArthur « Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:18 pm
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by Polarengineer » Sun Sep 15, 2024 9:14 am

For those wishing to see the secrets of the horse galloping on water

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Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:18 pm
Squirrels

Last post by exile « Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:03 pm
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by ajm » Mon Sep 02, 2024 5:35 pm

Just had a very enjoyable time watching 4 red squirrels in the garden, just hope that they are not burying nuts already. We have dug up dozens of...

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Last post by exile
Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:03 pm
Poorly deer

Last post by Headers « Sun Sep 01, 2024 6:19 pm
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by Headers » Sun Sep 01, 2024 2:53 pm

A very poorly deer is tottering around near the house.
It curled up for a nap earlier on right outside our kitchen door. It has been nibbling weeds...

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Last post by Headers
Sun Sep 01, 2024 6:19 pm
Moles

Last post by niemeyjt « Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:32 pm
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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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Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:32 pm
Many lizards this year

Last post by Lori « Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:48 am
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by RobertArthur » Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:33 pm

They are everywhere those lizards. Once it was a very very fine house with two cats in the yard. Now there is only one, 22 years. Go out for hunting?...

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Last post by Lori
Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:48 am
Where are the insects this year ?

Last post by Bayleaf « Sun Aug 25, 2024 11:57 am
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by Biloute » Fri Aug 23, 2024 9:39 am
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In the spring of 2024, the mason bees appeared as usual to our great delight. But, during the summer so far, and unlike other summers, I have not...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Sun Aug 25, 2024 11:57 am
Hissing in cobra mode

Last post by RobertArthur « Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:05 pm
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by RobertArthur » Mon Aug 19, 2024 10:03 pm
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Last year there where almost 40 frogs in our small pond, now only 12. Where have they all gone? Probably inside this impressive couleuvre , about 150...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:05 pm
A lot of buzzing going on, bees

Last post by Lori « Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:23 am
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by RobertArthur » Tue Jul 09, 2024 3:30 pm
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Sitting under a very large lime-tree, in the shade, in full bloom and the sound of silence and buzzing bees. Where do they all come from? During our...
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Last post by Lori
Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:23 am
Ticks

Last post by Polarengineer « Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:21 pm
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by niemeyjt » Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:09 am

10 facts about ticks - true in France as well as here - tough little blighters.

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Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:21 pm
Very hairy caterpillar will turn into …….

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by Headers » Wed Jul 31, 2024 5:07 pm

Any ideas please?

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Wed Jul 31, 2024 5:10 pm
No mow . . . no more

Last post by Quiksilver « Mon Jul 22, 2024 10:15 pm
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by niemeyjt » Sun Jul 21, 2024 10:22 pm

The lawn is back, Monty Don decrees

TV gardener makes a mowing u-turn that will delight traditionalists and dismay eco-warriors

The garden lawn...

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Last post by Quiksilver
Mon Jul 22, 2024 10:15 pm
Slithering Squatters!

Last post by niemeyjt « Thu Jul 18, 2024 3:05 pm
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by Bayleaf » Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:47 pm
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Just drying off after a much needed refreshing shower, and I hear slithering in the (very slim space) above our pitched-roof bedroom ceiling. I stand...
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Thu Jul 18, 2024 3:05 pm
Turtle Dove in the garden

Last post by ajm « Sat Jun 22, 2024 7:50 pm
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by Headers » Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:31 pm

Saw one this morning for the first time ever up close.
I hope it has a mate.

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Sat Jun 22, 2024 7:50 pm
Bird song mobile app

Last post by Wilbro « Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:08 am
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by basquesteve » Sun Jun 02, 2024 11:17 pm
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Having been an Artilleryman my hearing is terrible I came across a great app for mobiles having down loaded it it is independent of any connection it...
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Last post by Wilbro
Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:08 am
We have chicks

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by manonthemoon2 » Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:19 am
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A Robin made a nest inside a screwbox in my husband's shed. This started several weeks ago.

Today I quietly peeped and saw chicks, very newly...
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Tue Jun 04, 2024 9:45 pm
Found in the garden

Last post by Blaze « Wed May 29, 2024 9:42 am
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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 ...

Jay...
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Last post by Blaze
Wed May 29, 2024 9:42 am
Insects in the garden

Last post by Lori « Sun May 26, 2024 3:41 pm
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by Blaze » Sun May 26, 2024 8:54 am
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The ox-eye daisies seeds we scattered around the garden have really borne fruit with the variety and number of insects they attract. The sprayed...
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Last post by Lori
Sun May 26, 2024 3:41 pm
No Mow May

Last post by Hotrodder « Tue May 14, 2024 11:47 am
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by niemeyjt » Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:36 am
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At the risk of denting Bayleaf 's workload, tomorrow is the start of No Mow May
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Last post by Hotrodder
Tue May 14, 2024 11:47 am
Poor little fledglings

Last post by Quiksilver « Tue May 07, 2024 6:39 pm
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by Headers » Mon May 06, 2024 4:27 pm

This morning we had a traumatic few minutes with a bluetit baby.
We were on our way out and heard a lot of squeaking. We have a newish nesting box in...

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Last post by Quiksilver
Tue May 07, 2024 6:39 pm
Early birds?

Last post by Doug « Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:09 pm
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by Veem » Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:50 pm

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 Doug
Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:09 pm
Another little life saved (I hope)

Last post by Blaze « Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:34 pm
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by L Austin France » Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:20 pm

Locking up late last night there were a lot of feathers in our 'garden' loo & on inspection I found a rather disheveled Robin in a corner.
The poor...

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Last post by Blaze
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:34 pm
Reinette/grenouille/frog ????

Last post by Quiksilver « Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:13 am
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by demi » Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:57 am

I was at a friend's garden yesterday & we spotted this frog which she called a reinette. I looked up the translation& it gives it as a tree frog. I...

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Last post by Quiksilver
Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:13 am
Hare

Last post by Wilbro « Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:59 pm
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by Blaze » Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:37 am

What a surprise, just a few metres from the kitchen door into the garden ....

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Last post by Wilbro
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:59 pm
Woodpecker?

Last post by A.N.Other « Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:07 pm
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by manonthemoon2 » Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:53 pm

What are the birds called in France please?

I'm trying to find a bird feeder because the ones we get visited by don't seem to like the small bird...

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Last post by A.N.Other
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:07 pm
A pair once more

Last post by Wilbro « Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:29 am
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by L Austin France » Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:49 pm

We've usually had a pair of collared doves come to feed but sadly, occasionally one disappears. A loner has been visiting for a few months but this...

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Last post by Wilbro
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:29 am

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