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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.

To upload a photo via the attachments option you simply click on the attachments tab with you...
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Flying North

Last post by Polarengineer « Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
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by Veem » Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:21 pm
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Blimey. It's no time since we saw crane flying SW and the first lot flying NE has just flown overhead!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
Got an hour to spare this weekend?

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by exile » Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:53 am

This is the weekend of the annual bird count across the world.

The LPO is asking those of us in France to spend one hour this weekend counting the...

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Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:43 pm
New mate?

Last post by Doug « Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:50 pm
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by L Austin France » Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:24 am

For the last couple of years we've had a pair of Collared Doves on or around our garden bird tables until one morning early this year one was killed...

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Last post by Doug
Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:50 pm
Boars are getting bigger and bigger

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by Headers » Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:24 pm

We have a big boar that lives in the brambles at the end of our plot. Whenever I walk that way I clap my hands a few times and it ups and leaves into...

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Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:01 pm
Mousy smell

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by Headers » Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:23 pm
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I have been walking through the kitchen for the last couple of days. What was that smell? My nose isn’t too accurate after a long stint of chemo so I...
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Last post by Nomoss
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:05 pm
Asian Hornets

Last post by Polly « Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:14 pm
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by Veem » Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:31 pm
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In our tractor shed, I've been aware of an ever growing nest on the underside of the roof for a while now. I'd convinced myself that the residents...
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Last post by Polly
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:14 pm
Anyone know what creature is doing this??

Last post by Lori « Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:35 pm
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by Lori » Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:10 pm
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We have bzillions of moles, but I do not see this a result of moles (perhaps wrong). The ground looks as though surface digging has occurred. Like...
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Last post by Lori
Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:35 pm
One-legged Robin

Last post by Blaze « Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:05 am
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by Veem » Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:36 am

For about a month now we've been seeing a one-legged robin around the bird table in the dog playpen in our garden. Other birds settle on the wire...

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Last post by Blaze
Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:05 am
Good News for Glyphosate lovers!

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by Bayleaf » Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:00 am
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It seems you'll be able to poison the ground (under certain conditions/restrictions) for another 10 years, sod the consequences! ;)

Sounds to me...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:09 pm
I'm bugged if I know

Last post by Blaze « Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:20 pm
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by L Austin France » Fri May 12, 2023 12:49 pm
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Found 6 of these in a garden planter I was emptying. They're about 1 1/2 long.
Anyone know what they are?
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Last post by Blaze
Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:20 pm
Migration

Last post by Loup-garou « Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:16 pm
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by Doug » Sat Aug 05, 2023 9:29 am

Our phone lines this morning are full of young shallows, a month earlier than last year.
As we have none nesting near us ( see none flying around)...

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Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:16 pm
Lavender tidy up halted by grumpy wasp

Last post by Headers « Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:38 pm
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by Headers » Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:59 pm
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I thought I’d tidy the lavender as it’s all flowered and finished. I have a long line to do so I got the shears out and got cracking. Happily moving...
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Last post by Headers
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:38 pm
Hornet nest

Last post by Quiksilver « Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:06 am
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by Veem » Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:52 am

Today just became eventful. We had a load of oak on our land, mostly cut over the years as firewood but never used. We wanted nothing for it and a...

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Last post by Quiksilver
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:06 am
Strange place for an ants nest

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by Char » Fri Jul 07, 2023 11:56 am

We had to take our big van out yesterday to collect some plaster board and stuff.
It's old, so there's no clime, half way there OH decided to put the...

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Last post by Hotrodder
Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:43 pm
Bat box surprise

Last post by Polarengineer « Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:24 am
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by Headers » Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:09 am

We put up a couple of boxes several years ago. They have remained unused until this year.
I heard something scratching the other evening. Probably a...

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Last post by Polarengineer
Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:24 am
Bird identification

Last post by demi « Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:17 am
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by manonthemoon2 » Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:17 pm

Every morning around 8 ish and every evening between 18 - 20, from my hospital room I see a flock of birds swirling and chirping, making quite a...

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Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:17 am
Hoopoe

Last post by Loup-garou « Tue May 23, 2023 8:55 am
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by stormmexico » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:24 am
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Just seen a hoopoe outside our house.
Seems a bit earlier than usual.
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Last post by Loup-garou
Tue May 23, 2023 8:55 am
Cuckoo

Last post by Mangetout « Fri May 19, 2023 4:16 pm
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by Wilbro » Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:10 pm
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Made it's return known yesterday and today. The sound of spring :clap:
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Last post by Mangetout
Fri May 19, 2023 4:16 pm
I'm a life saver

Last post by Char « Mon May 08, 2023 7:05 pm
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by L Austin France » Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:37 am
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Yesterday our cat brought in a very small young sparrow which I managed to get out of it's clutches. The bird was very bloody but alive with no...
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Last post by Char
Mon May 08, 2023 7:05 pm
Finally seen one

Last post by Quiksilver « Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:33 pm
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by L Austin France » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:53 am

I've lived here for 20 years & never seen a rabbit. There were a few hares around a few years ago but nothing recently.
This morning I saw my first...

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Last post by Quiksilver
Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:33 pm
A feathered friend

Last post by Blaze « Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:51 pm
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by L Austin France » Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:33 pm

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Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:51 pm
Sparrowhawk

Last post by Blaze « Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:57 am
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by Blaze » Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:04 pm

I glanced out of the window just now and saw this beautiful sparrowhawk. He was hanging around near the bird feeders .....

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Last post by Blaze
Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:57 am
Birds!

Last post by Yonner « Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:45 am
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by Bayleaf » Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:33 pm

Thought I'd keep the title general, so it covers all birds!

For the second time, I'm hearing a Nightingale outside this evening. Mr Bayleaf said no...

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Last post by Yonner
Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:45 am
Woodpecker

Last post by Spectrum « Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:58 am
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by Wilbro » Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:57 pm
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Last Friday we heard a woodpecker drumming in the woods and he was at it again today. Seems a bit early!
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Last post by Spectrum
Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:58 am
This Weekend - Comptage national des oiseaux des jardins

Last post by Headers « Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:18 pm
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by Char » Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:03 pm
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If you're interested and want to join in the counting you'll find more info here -
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Last post by Headers
Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:18 pm

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