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I don't geddit!

Father used to run a moth trap together with an old surgeon friend and they used to log their count each day. I think they sent the results eventually to the Norwich Natural History Museum. Yes there were more moths about and I rarely see them coming to the light at night. There may be other factors to take into account such as the increase in bat numbers. Same with insects on windscreens. Firstly there are so many more cars on the roads, secondly cars are more aerodynamic, and there is also the possibility that insects have evolved to avoid roads But yes, it is true that there has been a general vast decline, except at our lake which also ruins my bat theory as there are so many pipistrelles there!

I built a serious des res bat box a few years ago, thought I had picked the perfect site and orientation, but so far not a sign. However at the log cabin there is a lot of activity which I think is probably due to the insect life available on the lake. They also like spaces in the foam insulation in the roof of our old disused potato store brick building.

I know ,I know , I should be posting about hookaroons, but,but but it is Easter after all. I think I need to see a doctor!

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Earlier version

I first heard the song on a river boat going down the Dnepr River in 1993 to Odessa and I thought the song was about Odessa not Airhostessa!

Built this for mine with some scrap steel, and some boards cut with the Lucas Mill plus some boat trailer rollers off Ebay. Works for me as I need a bit of manual work to keep warm but without the heavy lifting which is done with the Teleporter. Sorry about the filming but it is difficult to drag the log and cut it with one hand, the other on the camera!

Used the Stihl Hookeroon and hammer to clear out the compressed sawdust in the ram track. It was a hard as concrete and all seems to be working properly now. Thanks to all.

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The sound of the saw reminds me of the scene in the film CONTACT with Jodie Foster when she first hears the alien signal!

All the more amazing is the guy who invented it, Cornelis Corneliszoon, did so in 1594. Here is a link to the history A Brief History of Wood-Splitting Technology, Part 3: The Wind-Powered Sawmill That Changed Dutch History - Core77 WWW.CORE77.COM Invented by a farmer in 1594, this increased efficiency by a whopping 3,000%

Just sitting on a bench at the log cabin by the lake in the first sunshine for a while and the air is full of buzzing insects, flies and bumblebees in spite of Attenborough’s claims that they are depleted. A small fish, possibly a silver Rudd suddenly surfaced and went about twenty feet across the surface like a jet skier and went completely out of the water and on to the bank. It then flipped about and flipped itself back in the lake. Never seen that before. Possibly escaping a Pike?

It did not seem a very prolonged period of cold, compared say to 1963, but perhaps species of all sorts have become softer with the series of mild Winters. Do you think that the lack of rabbits has done for the foxes? My Pipistrelle bats seem to be doing ok in the log cabin, nestling between the full scribe Poplar logs. Little droppings everywhere !

I still have not seen a fox or a rat on the farm, a very few baby rabbits are appearing but hardly any adults. Badger signs are everywhere but I have not encountered a badger on the road at night as I would normally. Squirrels everywhere and good variety of bird life but another depletion is queen wasps. Normally my conservatory where I bring in the wood for the stove would be buzzing with them as they wake with the warmth. Do you think that the very cold spell we had did for them?

Some people have a unique way with words!

Copperhead, Easypeasy! Poisonous too

Cog nitive malfunction!

Could well be the problem. I have not done anything about tackling the problem again as I have been too busy. Crud does develop in the slot as you say and it becomes compressed to become so solid that it needs a hammer and chisel to remove it. It will do no harm at all to give the old Palax a good clean and oil when the weather improves, will let you know the result.

I have burnt some in the stove, found it burns well even straight off the tree but does not last long. This Winter I had some big bonfires of brash and the wind took some embers to a Sycamore some distance away. The Sycamore had some dead ivy hanging off it which we had killed a couple of years ago. It went up like a Roman candle, but surprisingly did not seem to harm the tree.

Not quite sure if this comes under the heading of a remarkable tree, but it certainly is a remarkable bit of ivy at 9 inch diameter

Very large flock of Redwings and Fieldfares in the grass field yesterday, several hundred and today joined by a smaller flock of Starlings. Definitely a “ murmuring “ judging by the noise! Yesterday all the Redwings and Fieldfares settled in the mature Ash trees in the lane making a lot of noise in the sunshine, must be something to do with the Full Moon! Do not know what the collective noun is for Redwings and Fieldfares but I suggest a “Twittering” if it has not been used already!