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  1. Sting

    Sting Squad Player

    This little beggar has been hammering on the patio door hoping I would feed him
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  2. Mr Heron

    Mr Heron Academy Graduate

    i know him he is a wrongun
    best avoided
     
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  3. Sahorn

    Sahorn Reservist

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    You have been warned…
     
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  4. Sting

    Sting Squad Player

    You can tell spring has arrived - snowdrops are now gone daffs are fading and bluebells are beginning to appear. My favourite at the moment though is our snakes head fritilleries which each year seem to get stronger and spread further. Forsythia is lovely too
     
  5. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Because we are at 220m above sea level our daffs, and we have hundreds, 20+ varieties, are only just opening. March and April are great months.
     
  6. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    My tulips are starting to come out here in the wet SW. Delightful.
     
  7. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    I planted bulbs like everyone says, but the results are very disappointing.
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  8. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Deep joy!

    A Blackcap eating the piece of apple on one of the trees this lunchtime.

    Haven't seen one here before.

    Didn't dare start the car so as not to disturb him.

    He was there for about four minutes.

    Great to see.
     
  9. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yes blackcaps love apples. Given it's 30/3, could have just arrived for spring/summer or be just about to leave having over-wintered.
     
  10. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Well I consider myself blessed to have witnessed his feeding and enjoyment!

    I hope to see him and others again.

    I went into WGC and saw the cherry in blossom by Waitrose.

    "Loveliest of trees the cherry now
    Is hung with bloom along the bough.
    And stands along the woodland ride
    Wearing white for Easter tide."
     
  11. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Saw my first Brimstone butterfly of the year today.
     
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  12. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    A Dougie?!
     
  13. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Well it was certainly yellow.
     
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  14. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    I trod in some dogsh1t this morning
     
  15. Sahorn

    Sahorn Reservist

    You dingbat - you planted them upside down..
     
  16. Sting

    Sting Squad Player

    Don't talk to me about tulips. Planted about 100 bulbs last year and squirrels dug them all up. Even when I finally protected some with netting they ate them after they started to grow and I removed the protection.
     
  17. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Badgers got mine the first year I grew them, but they seem to have moved away.
     
  18. Sting

    Sting Squad Player

    We haven't seen blackcaps or redwings for a long time. most exotic at the moment is our goldcrests.
     
  19. domthehornet

    domthehornet Moderator Staff Member

    Baby daffs are currently out, brightening up the garden with some onions planted. Enjoying this gardening malarkey.
     
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  20. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Do you have pine trees in your garden ? They particularly love pines. Planted one in my garden when we moved in 12 years ago specifically to attract them.
     
  21. Sting

    Sting Squad Player

    No - we had some old tall ones but they were dying so we had them taken down. Whereabouts do you live?
     
  22. Sahorn

    Sahorn Reservist

    That’s nice.

    In Plymouth there is an established tradition of chopping trees down, recently enhanced by our City Council. It goes back to the Pilgrim Fathers ..
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  23. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    We have the same issue with munjac and roe deer. They seem to leave the daffs and snowdrops alone but the crocus flower are gone within 24 hrs. I've watched them just hoover them all up in the space of about 5 mins.
     
  24. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Wigginton near Tring.
     
  25. Sahorn

    Sahorn Reservist

    In Devon there are thousands of different types of daffs along waysides and hedgerows.
    Such a pleasure driving when they’re all out.
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  26. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    It's your 'Ousman innit?!

    The wonderful,ever brilliant AE Housman.
     
  27. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Keep an eye on the Spanish invasion. Rather not see daffodils in the hedgerows. Unless they are the native wild variety. Native flowers is what we need to see in the hedgerow margins. We've lost enough species as it is in the last half century.
     
  28. Sahorn

    Sahorn Reservist

    Yes, indeed.
    And Shropshire is my second favourite county.
     
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  29. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Take a look at ' Sleeping with Dandelions ' winner of Wildlife Photo of the Year'.
    Enchanting.
     
  30. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Just seen a Piebald blackbird on the verge on (Benny) Carbone Hill in Cuffley,never seen one before.

    Well done to Fergal Sharkey on Terese Coffey's pathetic water pollution bill.

    Ripped it to shreds on Times Radio twenty minutes ago.
     
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  31. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Could it have have been a ring ouzel ? See below.
    During April they migrate to UK, ultimately heading for mountains but tend to stop at "hills" like Ivinghoe Beacon for a few days en route.
    A great spot if so. They get reported as rare bird sightings in Sth England.

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  32. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    No it was definitely a "Daphne" as he was scuttling along the verge near the top of Carbone Hill where it meets The Ridgeway and the road where Smarmy Cecil used to live ...ah yes Vineyards Road.

    Had a white head not chest like Mezet Ozil in your picture.
     
  33. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Fox cubs out and about!
     
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  34. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Not seen any on our wildlife camera yet. Hopefully this week? Adult still coming for food on its own while the cat and I watch from a safe distance by torch. Got lots of great video clips of cubs last year
     
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  35. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

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