FA Ponds & Ditches natural history vintage 1892
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
Ponds & Ditches by M C Cooke,1892 ,VGC, 254 pages.
Delightful little natural history book from the victorian era, filled
with superb line illustrations.
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What are these ?
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:32:49 -0700 (PDT)
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/nickw7coc/20090308WhatAreThese#
Photographed on Saltburn beach, only a couple of mm long, taken on
Super Macro about an inch from them... ...
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Invitation to Coleoptera discussion group
Sat, 7 Feb 2009 14:07:43 -0800 (PST)
Dear colleague,
I have created a new group: Coleoptera group on Google.
And I?m sending invitations to all who could be interested in
coleoptera / beetles .
To join, please go to my website http://www.coleoptera.org
and click on link to ?join discussion board/group? , than follow the
instructions. ...
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BBC - Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:53:38 -0800 (PST)
An international team of researchers has found another form of light
pollution that could have an adverse effect on wildlife.
The scientists showed that as well as direct light sources, polarised
light also triggered potentially dangerous changes in many species'
behaviour.
More of this very interesting repor ...
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Parakeets in Buckingham?
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:15:21 +0000 (GMT)
This afternoon there was a lot of squawking in a tree just down the road. I
could not see the source (of course) but it sounded very like the noise made
by the parakeets down Richmond, Surrey, way.
Have they been seen/heard this far North?
--
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
Bucking ...
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Some pictures from one of my stamping grounds
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:55:10 +0000 (GMT)
Hello all,
One of my neighbours takes a lot of photos, living as he does surrounded by
Colne Point Reserve.
Enjoy these.
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My Flickr Website
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:10:22 -0700 (PDT)
Hi there.
I have embarked upon a project to photograph and catalogue fauna and
flora occurring in the garden of my
house at Adelaide Australia. A lot of the stuff wouldn't be seen in
British gardens, though I managed to spot
an English buttercup growing in long grass.
Unfortunately, we don't have hedgehogs i ...
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Is this the end to chemical pesticides ?
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:47:57 -0700 (PDT)
I can't quite make my mind up if this is a good thing or not...
Good in that it'll stop all the chemical pesticide use, bad thing
because of the possibility that it may be more efficient therefore
reducing insects and therefore Mammals and Birds etc not having enough
to feed on...?!
Article at http://news.bbc ...
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Do bees bite?
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:06:08 +0100
The other day while assisting a small bumble bee to escape through our
living room window, I let it onto my hand while urging it gently with a
piece of paper. As its head was over my thumb I got a small shock as though
I been stung by an ant; the mild pain lasted half an hour.
I thought bumble bees only stung un ...
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Scarcity of birds
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:59:30 +0100
For a long time now we have been missing the local family of sparrows.
Suddenly last Friday they reappeared and tried playing six-at-a-time in the
bird bath.
That the local farmer seems to have finished harvesting, ploughing and
harrowing during the previous week may be relevant!
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Rodney Blackall (retired m ...
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