born2trot

I agree with Spud . I can remember fields covered with hundreds of lapwings and their really apparent demise . This was clearly happening when buzzards were relatively rare and i can never remember there being any great quantities of grey partridge either .

It has already been proved bird of prey clutch size is related to available food source so i think it is a complete waste of money .

Thats been posted before . Al Baker knew what it was for . He even sent a pic of them using it to hook on to a big ship from a small vessel.

How much you after for them? I think they'll be too big but I'll try some at work next week and see

£40 + postage ? they do seem quite big for mediums ( probably why i dont wear them ) but they are there if you want

I have a pair in a medium , in new condition . Not what you asked for but ...

I think it's supposed to be a scary tree but I was instantly drawn to the camel toe :lol:

Be a pussy willow then

I would do both sides at the same time but thats just me . It will come good if it is a happy hedge

It looks well engineered for the price but no way would i replace my trangia for that

Have a look through their website and on YouTube, it doesn't seem to have a problem lighting? The fan starts very quickly forcing air to the fire.

Will do Paul . I'll check that out

Its amazing , but if i have to be brutally honest the head is wrong for a springer . The last photo may be not doing it justice right enough .

I have a beech hedge which is about 12 feet high which is fine and I will cut it back as and when, but the problem is that it is over 8 feet wide!. Is it ok to cut it back about 3 feet and if I do, will I end up with a really ugly looking hedge which won't green up on the side again?

Any help greatly appreciated.

No , you will end up with a much nicer hedge which can be properly maintained and much easier to future management

PS . cut with sharp loppers ( sorry not meant to sound derrogatory )

It boils 1lt of water in about 4 minutes. Good enough for me!

Yeh , but it could take 20 mins to get it started ! I've seen bigger versions of this and it was a headache to get it started . I can only imagine a much smaller one would be a migraine to start efficiently

I'm not convinced by this at all . To get a good heat from a stove and especially to initially light it the dimensions would have to be bigger imo . Packaged size is only 8 inch by 5 . That would be fine for a petrol stove or meths one but i dont think would be suitable for biomass although i may well be wrong . There are similar ones which are a good deal bigger ( which also power fans ) that i think would be better for cold environments

Yeh replace it with a nice conforming little sorbus . Woohoo !!

With spelling like that he should be on Arbtalk

Only kidding

Its not dead . Its very alive

1 hours hockey training , totally bushwhacked ... love it

Did i mention the two Duvels i've softened

Pure class...

Thats remarkable ... thanks for the post Sloth

Good on ya Matt for sending that guy packing !!

There are a few ' hotspots ' up here . I was driving by one quite recently and saw a guy with a professional camera set up at the side of the road . I pulled over and got an amazing wildlife experience , a pair came so close i could see the tags on their wings

Aberdeen must be one of the best places to see them . Guaranteed sightings at certain places . They are very photogenic aswell because they dont mind coming in very close to humans ... beautiful birds

I'm sure I'll be weeping softly by the end!

 

So how far do you skate?

Need alot of focus for them marathons, not my thing but good luck anyway

Can you add skate to that ? I like to get some ice time in

I watched a bumble bee slowly giving up on my path the other day . It looked physically ok which i thought strange . On closer inspection i noticed a neat hole pierced into the back of its skull maybe a mm or two in dia.

Intrigued to find out what caused this a quick search on the net and hey ho the culprit is a ' flower spider ' or crab spider which lurks in the vegetation and waits on its said victim . It injects venom into the back of the skull and digests the brain of its prey . Not seen that before !!

They will take young chicks out the nest aswell . Saw one do it to a magpie's nest . The magpies go berserk and try to drive the crow lower and lower , depends who is the more desperate .