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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 24, 2017 19:00:06 GMT
Watched the cat do a surgeon worthy dispatch and dissection of a bank vole earlier. Devoured the lot bar a perfectly packaged and unpunctured bile duct and stomach. Fur, bones, feet etc. He tends to wreak havoc amongst the local mammalia when I put him on biscuit days. Finds his own tourine and such.
A solitary Buzzard wheeling in th'thermals this aft too. Nice out.
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Post by felonious on Mar 24, 2017 19:07:17 GMT
Watched the cat do a surgeon worthy dispatch and dissection of a bank vole earlier. Devoured the lot bar a perfectly packaged and unpunctured bile duct and stomach. Fur, bones, feet etc. He tends to wreak havoc amongst the local mammalia when I put him on biscuit days. Finds his own tourine and such. A solitary Buzzard wheeling in th'thermals this aft too. Nice out. My daughter said to me yesterday "You got rid of the mouse then?" When I explained to her that in the absence of me spotting one against the back door the efficient killing machine disposes of it bar the poisonous bits she put her hands over her ears
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 24, 2017 19:08:49 GMT
A lot fewer skylarks these days as well. Haven't been up there for a while but there's a few over at Bateswood in your old neck of the woods. I shall have to go and have a look. I can palm myself off at my daughters for tea after. Oddly enough, I was looking at a map of Apedale this afternoon, searching for signs of Sir Nigel Gresleys Canal that used to run to Newcastle. Couldn't see much though.
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Post by felonious on Mar 24, 2017 19:19:07 GMT
Haven't been up there for a while but there's a few over at Bateswood in your old neck of the woods. I shall have to go and have a look. I can palm myself off at my daughters for tea after. Oddly enough, I was looking at a map of Apedale this afternoon, searching for signs of Sir Nigel Gresleys Canal that used to run to Newcastle. Couldn't see much though. Didn't realise it's route- I've just had to look it up. There's a "lost consonant" under one of the photos.....
"the bed of Gresley's anal coming into Apedale -"
www.thepotteries.org/walks/lost_roads/15_gresley_canal.htm
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 24, 2017 19:28:42 GMT
I shall have to go and have a look. I can palm myself off at my daughters for tea after. Oddly enough, I was looking at a map of Apedale this afternoon, searching for signs of Sir Nigel Gresleys Canal that used to run to Newcastle. Couldn't see much though. Didn't realise it's route- I've just had to look it up. There's a "lost consonant" under one of the photos.....
"the bed of Gresley's anal coming into Apedale -"
www.thepotteries.org/walks/lost_roads/15_gresley_canal.htm
That's brilliant that. Thanks a lot mate. I'll have look through that tomorrow. Seems old Nige was the adventurous type then.
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Post by Northy on Mar 25, 2017 6:39:12 GMT
I've been treated to some fantastic aerial acrobatics from the lapwings today, apparently it's their pre courtship rituals. The dive bombing was ace.
Fascinating in display like that they are. A lot less common nowadays. Peeeewit quite a lot in fields near to me this winter
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 25, 2017 10:38:04 GMT
Fascinating in display like that they are. A lot less common nowadays. Peeeewit quite a lot in fields near to me this winter As we were on the subject of skylarks earlier, I'm not passing up the opportunity to post this.
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Post by Northy on Mar 26, 2017 13:38:49 GMT
just sat quietly in the back garden, and a goldfinch lands on the niger seed feeder nearby, sits there for about 5 mins nibbling away, keep checking me out in case i move, then flew off when it was full, lovely colourful birds.
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Post by felonious on Mar 26, 2017 15:54:59 GMT
I've noticed the bees out and about the last few days and the odd butterfly here and there but yesterday spotted the real harbinger of summer.... there were 40 to 50 people outside the White Lion in Barthomley
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Post by Northy on Mar 26, 2017 18:16:27 GMT
I've noticed the bees out and about the last few days and the odd butterfly here and there but yesterday spotted the real harbinger of summer.... there were 40 to 50 people outside the White Lion in Barthomley how many sets of pale white legs on show?
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Post by Northy on Mar 26, 2017 18:18:23 GMT
1 of a pair circling overhead
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 26, 2017 18:27:20 GMT
1 of a pair circling overhead Chem trail?
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Post by felonious on Mar 26, 2017 18:43:48 GMT
I've noticed the bees out and about the last few days and the odd butterfly here and there but yesterday spotted the real harbinger of summer.... there were 40 to 50 people outside the White Lion in Barthomley how many sets of pale white legs on show? I was in the car so too busy trying to negotiate the hazards on that bend. A fair few would have been in leather trousers and I don't mean the ones that Harry wears
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Post by potterinleeds on Mar 26, 2017 18:55:58 GMT
Left Leeds at the crack of dawn this morning to pay a surprise visit to my old mum on Mother's Day. Managed to sneak in a quick walk around Copmere at 8 a.m. Trees and bushes absolutely alive with birds - huge thrush singing clearly for ages at the top of a hawthorn tree. Plenty of fowl on the pool, signs of Spring everywhere, old trees as familiar friends. I must have done the short walk around the mere and back through Walk Mill hundreds of times since I was about 15, and I never tire off it. Anyone who claims that Staffordshire isn't God's Own County (including all those Yorkshire numpties) can piss right off.
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Post by potterinleeds on Mar 26, 2017 19:02:30 GMT
Haven't been up there for a while but there's a few over at Bateswood in your old neck of the woods. I shall have to go and have a look. I can palm myself off at my daughters for tea after. Oddly enough, I was looking at a map of Apedale this afternoon, searching for signs of Sir Nigel Gresleys Canal that used to run to Newcastle. Couldn't see much though. There's a bit about it in R Russell's Lost Canals and Waterways of Britain , pp. 145-146. You might also try C Hadfield 1969 Canals of the West Midlands
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Post by Northy on Mar 26, 2017 19:48:01 GMT
1 of a pair circling overhead Chem trail? buzzards, sun was too bright to see the screen, I was just pointing and clicking and hoping for the best
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 28, 2017 18:18:52 GMT
Today it's the age-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? They say: Put simply, if we are referring specifically to a chicken egg, then of course the answer is the egg. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the famous American Astrophysicist, wrote: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It was the egg – laid by a bird that was not a chicken.” This bird has been referred to as a “proto-chicken”, an intermediary between the present day chicken, and a preceding common ancestor. The same can be said of a Robin, a Blackbird or any other of our wonderful garden birds. All birds in existence today evolved from a group of theropod dinosaurs which lived in the Mesozoic era, approximately 225 million years ago; Dinosaurs were reptiles, egg-laying creatures that were the first to evolve the ability to create an outer shell for protecting the egg from water, or other moist environments. Modern day birds have simply continued that reptilian tradition, with the added benefit of some design enhancements with regards to colour, shape and texture. The egg, therefore, most certainly came before the chicken. And we also have an explanation for the differences in Egg Colour:Many common garden bird eggs have different colours, although because they are all made of calcium carbonate, the default colour is white. What has been noted is that those eggs that are of a blue or greenish colour are generally laid by birds that nest in trees and shrubs (Blackbirds, Starlings and Song thrushes), an obvious way to camouflage for survival. Birds that nest in holes produce white and very pale blue eggs; while birds that lay on open ground tend to produce brown or very speckled eggs. Read all about it - as they say - here: voice.gardenbird.co.uk/all-about-bird-eggs/?utm_source=GardenBird+
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Post by felonious on Mar 28, 2017 19:49:17 GMT
Today it's the age-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? They say: Put simply, if we are referring specifically to a chicken egg, then of course the answer is the egg. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the famous American Astrophysicist, wrote: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It was the egg – laid by a bird that was not a chicken.” This bird has been referred to as a “proto-chicken”, an intermediary between the present day chicken, and a preceding common ancestor. The same can be said of a Robin, a Blackbird or any other of our wonderful garden birds. All birds in existence today evolved from a group of theropod dinosaurs which lived in the Mesozoic era, approximately 225 million years ago; Dinosaurs were reptiles, egg-laying creatures that were the first to evolve the ability to create an outer shell for protecting the egg from water, or other moist environments. Modern day birds have simply continued that reptilian tradition, with the added benefit of some design enhancements with regards to colour, shape and texture. The egg, therefore, most certainly came before the chicken. And we also have an explanation for the differences in Egg Colour:Many common garden bird eggs have different colours, although because they are all made of calcium carbonate, the default colour is white. What has been noted is that those eggs that are of a blue or greenish colour are generally laid by birds that nest in trees and shrubs (Blackbirds, Starlings and Song thrushes), an obvious way to camouflage for survival. Birds that nest in holes produce white and very pale blue eggs; while birds that lay on open ground tend to produce brown or very speckled eggs. Read all about it - as they say - here: voice.gardenbird.co.uk/all-about-bird-eggs/?utm_source=GardenBird+ Which came first, the dinosaur or the egg?
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 28, 2017 20:28:09 GMT
Which came first, the dinosaur or the egg? That's what I call a BG question, Fel!
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 28, 2017 21:02:13 GMT
Which came first, the dinosaur or the egg? That's what I call a BG question, Fel! Frogspawn type stuff?
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 30, 2017 16:15:43 GMT
Great show of Blackthorn out and about. Augers well for the sloe season.
Birds are going mental, it's ace.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 30, 2017 16:23:54 GMT
Great show of Blackthorn out and about. Augers well for next years sloe season. Birds are going mental, it's ace. Here's hoping for no late frosts.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 30, 2017 16:38:21 GMT
Great show of Blackthorn out and about. Augers well for next years sloe season. Birds are going mental, it's ace. Here's hoping for no late frosts. Yeah I know things can go awry, we've had some incredible temperature swings {day to day} this past winter. 20 degrees nearly in the sun today, take a big switch to catch us out now. Fingers crossed.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Mar 30, 2017 17:00:34 GMT
First wasps today, don't you just love em!!
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 30, 2017 17:06:20 GMT
First wasps today, don't you just love em!! Catch a few in a jar with some jam and let 'em loose in someone's car Satdee morning. April Fool!
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Post by Northy on Mar 31, 2017 7:41:12 GMT
a few hundred yards along the weaver last night on part of the run, saw a Grebe, a heron and then a Cormorant sitting on a tree stump sticking out of the water, and then a bloody mink, just looked at us for a few seconds and then slipped into the water
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 31, 2017 14:29:01 GMT
a few hundred yards along the weaver last night on part of the run, saw a Grebe, a heron and then a Cormorant sitting on a tree stump sticking out of the water, and then a bloody mink, just looked at us for a few seconds and then slipped into the water You should have caught it in a jar with some jam and then release it into someone's car tomorrow morning. April Fools etc.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Mar 31, 2017 17:08:55 GMT
...put the mink in the glove compartment.
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Post by felonious on Mar 31, 2017 17:15:05 GMT
The dog decided summer was on the way today. He went down into the stream, lay down and had a drink.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Mar 31, 2017 17:43:59 GMT
Must be getting warmer, bumble bee the size of a sparrow flitting around the hedgerow at work today, checking out the new blossom.
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