A visit to a local organic farm last winter taught me that you can compost woodchip. According to Ian Tollhurst you just spread it on the ground and turn it every 3-6 months and within two years you have compost which is good enough for potting out seeds. Thinning the trees to allow more light […]
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In ancient times there were 4 native deer in the UK – elk and reindeer which disappeared around 10,000 years ago, and red deer and roe deer which remain. Because of over-hunting in earlier centuries (1300-1800) there have been several programs to reintroduce both red deer and roe deer. [In addition we now have 4
Reindeer on the Glomma Read More »
After Badgers and then foxes trying to shake the plums down from the tree I expected the deer to do the same. But apparantly deer don’t do plums!
Deer don’t do plums Read More »
It’s difficult to know if this fellow was here before. But anyway, in the minimum of time a new batch of chicks hatched out in the bird box. This picture is from early this morning.
Great Tit – batch #2! Read More »
This is the sight that presented itself when I switched on the PC this afternoon. At 6:30am some of them were being tempted to the entrance of the box by the food treats offered by the parents. Shortly after the first couple fluttered up and left the box. Those left behind seemed a bit lost
And my bird has flown! Read More »
It has been a busy few weeks for our great tit – finding more and more fine nesting material and tucking it into place. Making just the right shape. This pose though, seems to be more about arranging the content of the nest than its structure. Eventually, all is revealed. Eight eggs! And elsewhere in
As spring begins to take off a new resident bags his/her spot in our bird box. Hopefully this great tit will do better than our tenants in 2013. There seemed to be two clutches of eggs last year – eventually there were about 20 eggs in the nest at one time. Each clutch was abandoned
New Tit takes up residence! Read More »