nepia
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That's odd; goldies seem to be doing well everywhere I go
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A couple of pairs of regulars on the feeders here, now bringing their babes. A couple of greenfinches for two days last week too, one of them a fledgling. There are four nuthatches knocking about; two adult, two young with fluffy bits. One of them flew into a window yesterday (we get so many doing that); wifey picked it up, perched it on the oil tank under their favourite oak and half an hour later it was gone thankfully
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Makes sense. A vet attending the cull said he didn't expect any further outbreak locally due to the higher temperatures. Hopefully the locals will be able to let their chooks out again soon 🤞
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A lot of timber in that. I glanced at the first pic and wondered which of the three trees you were referring to!
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Any signs of bird flu near you AJS? We're in a confinement zone for now as a breeder had his entire flock culled last week due to the disease
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There's plenty of blackthorn here, don't worry! To the South Downs again and there's a constant battle against it to preserve the traditional, if artificial, landscape of the sheep-grazed Downs. You often see plumes of smoke where heaps of the stuff has ben grubbed out and is alight
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Yes, that too down here in the south east. It seems people have maybe learned to stop hacking the things to bits and actually letting them show themselves off at last. The pollinators love them too
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Certainly agree re the may. I've seen both the South Downs and the Dorset Downs today and they are spectacular though I wonder if some of it isn't blackthorn - too late for that maybe? There's an armchair shaped valley in the South Downs against the south side of the A27 on the north edge of Hove where there are now almost no gaps in the scrub; if left alone I suppose it will soon become woodland. It's a stunning sight in the sun just now
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Vic Muggeridge trading as ML Contractors? Mentioned this topic to a mate earlier and he came up with that name. He drove the lorry (which btw was ag registered so run on red!) a few times doing street trees in Wandsworth and said that when they turned up in a new street they'd see residents dashing to put their bins out 😂
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WJ Kent? Used to have their yard at Cane Hill until it got built on; I think they moved about 100yds! I think they're on here actually as their AA accreditation was announced on here a few years back
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Has anyone actually used these as a chip truck? Would they work? I don't know but a few years ago @Old Mill Tree Care actually seriously asked the same questions I remember. I think there was no definitive answer!
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🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️😆
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This. Be nice to nature
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Nutbush City Limits is still awesome with the volume and bass cranked up!
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Eighty flippin three years old - your mum's generation!
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I'd be looking to slacken the tie too; let the tree move in the wind to strengthen the root system
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Seriously? I thought such weapons were supposed to be more last lines of defence than go to's
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Babes can't complain the food isn't fresh!!! Great shot
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Caught this little one in my hand to help it from the greenhouse a few days ago. The same greenhouse that sadly killed an adult male GS Woodpecker the next day when it flew into the end. Wifey's ordered some clear stickers that are invisible to us but not birds apparently; something to do with uv light transmission. Anyone know anything about them?
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He/she looks young to be out of the nest 😔
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Not a lot different on The One Show this evening!
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Well the UK hype got well and truly thrown back in our faces didn't it 🤣
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Agreed. The rot on the top of the stump suggests the tree was in someone's garden and cut down some years ago since when rot has begun where the wood's been exposed to the elements. The stump has then been dug up, cleaned and the roots cut, probably by hand
