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AJStrees

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  1. Seems fair Rob. I would rather not make an order for a single item from you anyway as it seems a waste of time and effort. I prefer to shove stuff into my basket and wait till I have what I need in there before ordering. I believe in the have two of everything rule so try to always by two of any small item to make it worthwhile. Anyway thanks for the update. Live long and prosper. Godspeed!!!!
  2. Well its okay if your sat in a cold bath with a cold bevy. Not sure about trying to work in it. supposed to be 29 tomorrow and 30 on Wednesday. I thought it was autumn last week, now its back to summer. Crikey!
  3. By chance spotted this Sparrowhawk having lunch.
  4. A few more butterflies since the last time. There’s the Brown Argus, Green veined white, small copper, Holly blue, Brimstone, Speckled wood, Common Blue and I think that’s it, feel free to comment on any I didn’t ID correctly.
  5. Hedge trimmer in a vice and flat file on each tooth. Potentially not the fastest route, but has always worked well. With these battery trimmers I am also less inclined to want to take them apart/remove the blades from the motor as it were. Obviously you have to turn the machine over in the vice to get to each tooth and each direction, much like sharpening a chainsaw in a vice. With the flat file you need to ensure you are angling the file upwards in the direction of the tooth as it gets narrower at the top. Today I whipped out a new oregon flat file bought from Rob D at chainsawbars, it had Swiss Made marked on it. Worked very well and sped up the process. So I will be buying more of those in the future. 👍
  6. Harvest and the combines have been out getting the big birds out looking for snacks. Took lots of photos and cropped a few of the better ones a lot to get something. Not the best clarity but nice to see anyway imho.
  7. On another note. Back when I was young and silly, I bought a husqvarna 445, I decided it would suit a long panther bar and chain and a new rim sprocket. Rob D got me the bits I needed and it worked out well. So it now has a 20" panther bar on with a 1/4" rim sprocket and panther chain. Cuts great and is a pleasure to use.
  8. Nothing too exciting. But I spent the afternnoon sharpening my hedge trimmers. It was good to get an edge back on those teeth, crikey, not sure how they were cutting anything. Disclaimer. These are work hedge trimmers, not personal and thus they get used by a number of people. Therefore I end up maintaining them.
  9. Happened upon a stoat this morning, unfortunately it ran off very quickly. Not seen one in the wild before. otherwise caught this little fella on camera. Spotted long horn beetle. Thought it looked great.
  10. Yes lots. But I’ve also seen a lot of bees.
  11. Well within the last month, only seen 1 this year. 👎
  12. Common and ruddy darter seem to be out now. Plus a few others.
  13. Great stuff! Swallowtail, amazing looking butterfly. Pretty rare here these days along with the white admiral. Have been looking into the white admiral and it needs the native honeysuckle to lay its eggs on. Having gone through the site where I am, pretty convinced there is almost no honeysuckle left here. I might try and plant up a load around the hedgerows and hope to see more white admirals in the coming years..... Would be great to help improve their existence here on this beautiful island that is England!
  14. AJStrees

    Hexa chain

    Pretty pricey chain as well as the files.
  15. Don't get a 2 in 1 sharpener, just get a 4mm file. 👍 Life is too short to worry about a 2 in 1 file. 😁
  16. You’re lucky to see those. I’ve seen 1 white admiral ever here. They are a concern on the conservation list. Nice to see different species.
  17. Well I thought best to start a new thread for butterflies mostly because I’ve seen loads this year and some that I had never seen before. Might not have been looking too close.
  18. A few nice catches recently. Whitethroat and Chiffchaff in there too.

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