Found in the garden
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Blaze
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Found in the garden
We know there are creatures in the garden at night - I see hedgehog poo (unmistakable) from time to time though never yet seen (or heard) the perpetrator ! I've been off gardening for a couple of weeks after a finger op. But the stitches have just been taken out so I'll be able to have a really good look around though I'm hesitant to disturb anything just yet. All the grubs I find get put back under the soil !
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elsie
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A real surprise here this morning. Something I've never seen here in over twenty years. An ermine (white stoat) was running backwards and forwards about 30m from the house. Unfortunately my camera was upstairs and it would have hardly shown if I'd used my phone. But I'm better prepared if it reappears tomorrow.
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Char
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Ooh you lucky thing, I'm jealous.elsie wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:04 pm A real surprise here this morning. Something I've never seen here in over twenty years. An ermine (white stoat) was running backwards and forwards about 30m from the house. Unfortunately my camera was upstairs and it would have hardly shown if I'd used my phone. But I'm better prepared if it reappears tomorrow.
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basquesteve
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It was very warm in the garden plenty of Honey bees two Speckled woods making love and a couple of Brimstones which Snoopy my dog tried to eat 
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Blaze
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The mimosas are out in this area, beautiful bright yellow in a dull landscape. A couple of bumblebees and one ladybird, crocuses and the daffs are in leaf.
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Blaze
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A brambling, the first I've seen here for quite a while. He's competing with the greenfinches and chaffinches for the fallen seeds from the feeders.
Not a brilliant photo, taken through a grubby window
Not a brilliant photo, taken through a grubby window
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Sparkle
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He/she is lovely - I have to admit to not knowing birds that well so didn't know 'brambling'
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Blaze
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@Sparkle I had a complete brain fart and just couldn't remember the name, so I googled "bird that looks like a chaffinch" and the name came up
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Sparkle
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@Blaze oooooh that's cheating - I luv it I don't know birds that well cos although I love to watch them but only with a pane of glass between me and them - I get the heebie jeebies if they fly around me
I don't know birds that well cos although I love to watch them but only with a pane of glass between me and them - I get the heebie jeebies if they fly around me With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.........The Corpse Bride
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Pathca
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@Sparkle I have the same problem,I am not quite as bad as I used to be but still like a pane of glass between me and them