Anything to do with Wildlife in France, from insects to birds and moles.
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
No Mow May
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niemeyjt »
Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:36 am
At the risk of denting Bayleaf 's workload, tomorrow is the start of No Mow May
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Last post by Hotrodder
Tue May 14, 2024 11:47 am
Poor little fledglings
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Headers »
Mon May 06, 2024 4:27 pm
This morning we had a traumatic few minutes with a bluetit baby.
We were on our way out and heard a lot of squeaking. We have a newish nesting box in...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Tue May 07, 2024 6:39 pm
Early birds?
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Veem »
Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:50 pm
We haven't seen any, but a few people have posted on a local FB page that over the past 3-4 days they have seen grues flying NE over the Ruffec area....
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Last post by Doug
Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:09 pm
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Last post by Blaze
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:34 pm
Reinette/grenouille/frog ????
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demi »
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:57 am
I was at a friend's garden yesterday & we spotted this frog which she called a reinette. I looked up the translation& it gives it as a tree frog. I...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:13 am
Hare
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Blaze »
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:37 am
What a surprise, just a few metres from the kitchen door into the garden ....
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Last post by Wilbro
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:59 pm
Woodpecker?
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manonthemoon2 »
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:53 pm
What are the birds called in France please?
I'm trying to find a bird feeder because the ones we get visited by don't seem to like the small bird...
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Last post by A.N.Other
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:07 pm
A pair once more
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L Austin France »
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:49 pm
We've usually had a pair of collared doves come to feed but sadly, occasionally one disappears. A loner has been visiting for a few months but this...
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Last post by Wilbro
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:29 am
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Last post by Quiksilver
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:51 pm
Ducks
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Doug »
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:47 am
Looked out through the early morning rain and had a surprise.
A pair of mallards on the lower lawn, well at the moment it's more like a lake after...
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Last post by Blaze
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:42 am
How do they do it?
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Veem »
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:25 pm
No, not that! Today Biggles has seen and heard several small flights of grue heading NE. Two groups, in particular, provoked this topic, for they...
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Last post by Niftyons
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:16 pm
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:24 pm
Flying North
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Veem »
Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:21 pm
Blimey. It's no time since we saw crane flying SW and the first lot flying NE has just flown overhead!!!!!!!!!!
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Last post by Polarengineer
Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:01 pm
Got an hour to spare this weekend?
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exile »
Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:53 am
This is the weekend of the annual bird count across the world.
The LPO is asking those of us in France to spend one hour this weekend counting the...
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Last post by exile
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:43 pm
New mate?
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L Austin France »
Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:24 am
For the last couple of years we've had a pair of Collared Doves on or around our garden bird tables until one morning early this year one was killed...
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Last post by Doug
Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:50 pm
Boars are getting bigger and bigger
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Headers »
Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:24 pm
We have a big boar that lives in the brambles at the end of our plot. Whenever I walk that way I clap my hands a few times and it ups and leaves into...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:01 pm
Mousy smell
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Headers »
Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:23 pm
I have been walking through the kitchen for the last couple of days. What was that smell? My nose isn’t too accurate after a long stint of chemo so I...
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Last post by Nomoss
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:05 pm
Asian Hornets
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Veem »
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:31 pm
In our tractor shed, I've been aware of an ever growing nest on the underside of the roof for a while now. I'd convinced myself that the residents...
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Last post by Polly
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:14 pm
Anyone know what creature is doing this??
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Lori »
Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:10 pm
We have bzillions of moles, but I do not see this a result of moles (perhaps wrong). The ground looks as though surface digging has occurred. Like...
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Last post by Lori
Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:35 pm
One-legged Robin
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Veem »
Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:36 am
For about a month now we've been seeing a one-legged robin around the bird table in the dog playpen in our garden. Other birds settle on the wire...
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Last post by Blaze
Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:05 am
Good News for Glyphosate lovers!
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Bayleaf »
Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:00 am
It seems you'll be able to poison the ground (under certain conditions/restrictions) for another 10 years, sod the consequences! ;)
Sounds to me...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:09 pm
I'm bugged if I know
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L Austin France »
Fri May 12, 2023 12:49 pm
Found 6 of these in a garden planter I was emptying. They're about 1 1/2 long.
Anyone know what they are?
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Last post by Blaze
Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:20 pm
Migration
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Doug »
Sat Aug 05, 2023 9:29 am
Our phone lines this morning are full of young shallows, a month earlier than last year.
As we have none nesting near us ( see none flying around)...
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Last post by Loup-garou
Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:16 pm
Lavender tidy up halted by grumpy wasp
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Headers »
Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:59 pm
I thought I’d tidy the lavender as it’s all flowered and finished. I have a long line to do so I got the shears out and got cracking. Happily moving...
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Last post by Headers
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:38 pm
Hornet nest
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Veem »
Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:52 am
Today just became eventful. We had a load of oak on our land, mostly cut over the years as firewood but never used. We wanted nothing for it and a...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:06 am
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