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 Apr 18 2013, 01:58 PM
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Well, little bit of good news after all the bad weather, The Cuckoo's are back! Heard the first one today (thought I heard it on Tue but wasn't certain) so, he's made it back again. Well done little bird.
-------------------- Gammon. And proud!
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Apr 18 2013, 02:10 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Apr 18 2013, 02:58 PM)  Well, little bit of good news after all the bad weather... Surely you mean, "during this break in the bad weather."  |
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Apr 18 2013, 02:13 PM
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I am waiting to get my first confirmed sight of our House Martins, I think I might have glimpsed the odd one. But they should be back within the next week or so. We have an artificial next box, so it means they can usually get a minimum of two broods each summer, as they have no nest buliding required if they move in quick enough.
Mind personally speaking what I am really waiting for is the return of the Swifts, as that is one of the things that helps lift my SAD. As you know Spring/Summer is here when you hear them screaming! I just love the sound that they make. Mother Nature at its best! -------------------- Obnoxious possiby, VEXATIOUS definitely not.
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Apr 18 2013, 03:29 PM
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I wonder how long until the next hosepipe ban.
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Apr 18 2013, 03:46 PM
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QUOTE (Gazzadp @ Apr 18 2013, 03:13 PM) I am waiting to get my first confirmed sight of our House Martins, I think I might have glimpsed the odd one. But they should be back within the next week or so. We have an artificial next box, so it means they can usually get a minimum of two broods each summer, as they have no nest buliding required if they move in quick enough. Mind personally speaking what I am really waiting for is the return of the Swifts, as that is one of the things that helps lift my SAD. As you know Spring/Summer is here when you hear them screaming! I just love the sound that they make. Mother Nature at its best! If you like the sound of birds screaming, come round to ours and listen to the wife when she finds out I've been in her purse again. 
-------------------- Gammon. And proud!
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Apr 18 2013, 04:08 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Apr 18 2013, 02:58 PM) The Cuckoo's are back! Heard the first one today (thought I heard it on Tue but wasn't certain) so, he's made it back again. Well done little bird. Not a bird I can warm to, with its parasitic lifecycle, I'm afraid. 
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Apr 18 2013, 05:02 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Apr 18 2013, 05:08 PM) Not a bird I can warm to, with its parasitic lifecycle, I'm afraid. Still talking about my wife I see! 
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Apr 18 2013, 05:17 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Apr 18 2013, 06:02 PM) Still talking about my wife I see! But it is great to have the sun and warmer weather, it's really lifted my spirits. I've been told the house martins are back but haven't seen them yet - I usually see them down on the Crofton reservoir, and all along the canal tow path is good for cuckcoos but I've yet to hear one of those either. I do have a duck nesting in my compost heap though. -------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Apr 18 2013, 05:24 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Apr 18 2013, 06:17 PM) But it is great to have the sun and warmer weather, it's really lifted my spirits. I've been told the house martins are back but haven't seen them yet - I usually see them down on the Crofton reservoir, and all along the canal tow path is good for cuckcoos but I've yet to hear one of those either. I do have a duck nesting in my compost heap though. Great Shefford, opp the animal shelter is a temporary lake, hundreds of martins feeding there last weekend. -------------------- Gammon. And proud!
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Apr 19 2013, 06:39 AM
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You can also tell by the horny male pheasants chasing anything that moves.
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Apr 19 2013, 12:08 PM
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Both my ponds are hostnig a lot of frog spawn!!
Strafin, they are finally using the top pond, so the new colony is doing well! -------------------- There their, loose loser!
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Apr 20 2013, 02:26 PM
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QUOTE (x2lls @ Apr 19 2013, 01:08 PM) Both my ponds are hostnig a lot of frog spawn!! Strafin, they are finally using the top pond, so the new colony is doing well! Brilliant! |
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Apr 20 2013, 03:03 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Apr 18 2013, 06:17 PM) But it is great to have the sun and warmer weather, it's really lifted my spirits. I've been told the house martins are back but haven't seen them yet - I usually see them down on the Crofton reservoir, and all along the canal tow path is good for cuckcoos but I've yet to hear one of those either. I do have a duck nesting in my compost heap though. Quick NTC you can do him for not having a poultry license.
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Apr 20 2013, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE (MontyPython @ Apr 20 2013, 04:03 PM) Quick NTC you can do him for not having a poultry license.
-------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Apr 20 2013, 07:17 PM
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I heard a cuckoo today so now it really does feel like spring.
-------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Apr 23 2013, 04:49 PM
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Oh yeah, and I've been bitten by a horse fly, so Spring is definitely here.
-------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Apr 24 2013, 08:11 AM
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I saw a bumble bee.
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Apr 24 2013, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Apr 23 2013, 05:49 PM) Oh yeah, and I've been bitten by a horse fly, so Spring is definitely here. I seen a dragon fly... |
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Apr 24 2013, 10:02 AM
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We've also had the bats return, and tried out a bat detector that I bought for my wife's birthday. Great fun attempting to identify them!
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Apr 24 2013, 11:48 AM
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QUOTE (motormad @ Apr 24 2013, 09:11 AM) I saw a bumble bee.  
-------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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