Wildlife Corner

The view is AMAZING, fauna delightful and pots are fabulous.. still, Melbourne's autumn and winter are approaching and so it's nearly time to move into a warmer abode where there's more ground dirt to dig in and the walls are brick with an inside wood fire. Six months at one place and then six...

If you soak or sprout the seed it will become more nutritious and beneficial to the birds Its very easy to do. just pop some in a container with enough water to cover them and leave it somewhere warm for 24/48 hours. Give them a good rince through a sieve and they're ready to go.

I caught a part of it (will watch the whole thing when I have time) and it was amazing filming. I first saw the robot animal cameras the night before featured on The One Show so I knew what to expect.Captivating viewing

Yes ive been chased by this type myself in the past Pretended I had a bad leg

There's a 3km exclusion zone and 10km surveillance zone around the farm.My usual piece of useless information:-Avian flu is officially known as Newcastle Disease.

Massive Birch Polypores ():

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Our Great Pyrenees kills snakes. It is enlightening to watch her stalk one, dive in, snatch it and shake it to death. A few weeks ago, she cornered up a copperhead, (venomous) in some logs and was barking up a storm. We took the flashlight to see what the ruckus was about and one of our dumb...

I didn't know what hedgehog poo looked like so I'll keep my eye open for any as I'd be chuffed to get some hedgie visitors.

I agree That's beach fishing tackle, not commercial. Looks like the line broke.

I have to say you won't get very good bins for less than a few hundred pounds, really. Don't mean to be negative but it is true. For wildlife watching most people use 8x42, 10x42 or 8x32. My main birding binoculars are Nikon HGL 8x32 with a couple of backup pairs that are 8x42 and 8x36. 10s...

Definitely not Wisteria! It weighs a ton when mature, takes a lot of maintenance through the year to stop it going berserk and the flowers AFAIK aren't particularly valuable for insects. Whatever you plant, thinking long-term, you will probably have to start over again when the stump rots and...

There was probably something "fishy" about it, Anthony,...........sorry, it was too tempting!!

Centuries ago it was widely believed that swallows hibernated over winter at the bottom of local ponds, as illustrated in this woodcut showing fishermen retrieving them:

It was strange @Beckie76 that I only saw it on the first day although I saw the Ibis every day several times

I carry those in my coat pocket silu, often get the odd hitch hiker after hill walking in the heather, I can't remember if you turn clockwise or anti clockwise, they only come out one way.