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Roger Parsons
14 September 2024 15:02:50
A lovely if windy walk along the Witham this morning. Numerous "Robins' Pincushions" seen, from very small to quite large and mature. Never seen so many. Lots of badger signs. Lots of berries ripening.
3 Hawker spp dragonflies were hunting over the garden this afternoon, plus 2 small tortoiseshells and several "whites" going about their business. Perhaps 3 honeybees foraging and several unidentified flies! A thirsty grey squirrel at the birdbath for a long drink.
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Devonian
14 September 2024 18:04:58

A lovely if windy walk along the Witham this morning. Numerous "Robins' Pincushions" seen, from very small to quite large and mature. Never seen so many. Lots of badger signs. Lots of berries ripening.
3 Hawker spp dragonflies were hunting over the garden this afternoon, plus 2 small tortoiseshells and several "whites" going about their business. Perhaps 3 honeybees foraging and several unidentified flies! A thirsty grey squirrel at the birdbath for a long drink.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 


I don't ever remember ever seeing so many rowan berries as this year. The trees are weighted down by them, lending places where there is a lot of rowan a reddish hue from a distance.

I wonder if it's a Dartmoor thing? Or more widespread?
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15 September 2024 08:33:25

I don't ever remember ever seeing so many rowan berries as this year. The trees are weighted down by them, lending places where there is a lot of rowan a reddish hue from a distance.

I wonder if it's a Dartmoor thing? Or more widespread?

Originally Posted by: Devonian 


The same here too in this part of Dorset. The sedums are full of feeding bumblebees more than I've seen in one place (20 plus on a couple of plants) and honey bees too. What a contrast to earlier in the year. Butterflies a good range of species flying and feeding in the garden.
Swallows and other hirundines seem to have a had a good year here as well and getting ready for their migration south.
Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft
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NMA
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01 October 2024 05:52:31
I wonder who has dead wrasse to discharge into rivers in Scotland? Scandalous.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4dwjwj8gvo 
I find it hard to comprehend that anyone eats farmed salmon, given the harm they do to the environment and the risks to the stocks of natural salmon and sea trout. I also wonder how much the Scottish Government gets from the industry to allow these destructive practices to continue year in year out.
https://ecohustler.com/technology/scottish-salmon-scandal-where-is-all-the-money-going 

   
Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft
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Roger Parsons
01 October 2024 07:43:38

I wonder who has dead wrasse to discharge into rivers in Scotland? Scandalous.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4dwjwj8gvo 
I find it hard to comprehend that anyone eats farmed salmon, given the harm they do to the environment and the risks to the stocks of natural salmon and sea trout. I also wonder how much the Scottish Government gets from the industry to allow these destructive practices to continue year in year out.
https://ecohustler.com/technology/scottish-salmon-scandal-where-is-all-the-money-going 

   

Originally Posted by: NMA 


It's a big current issue here, Nick. Ironically, in Grimsby! 😬
Salmon farm judicial review 'bad news' for area
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r868rn3vo 

Bit damp here today!!!!!!
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Roger Parsons
03 October 2024 09:12:03
Dutch Caps?
"You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. ...An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that all single-use bottles have caps that remain attached."
"In the UK, 2023 beach surveys listed bottle lids as the third most common type of litter, while on the Dutch North Sea coastline, surveys recorded up to 128 bottle caps for each kilometre of beach in 2016."
Why plastic bottles now have their caps attached
https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twocommunity/PostMessage?t=23563&f=8 

RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
03 October 2024 14:03:29
Much migrant 🐦 activity on the coast here: e.g. Ring Ouzel, Hawfinch, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Olive-backed Pipits, Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed warblers, Blyth's Reed Warbler.
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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StoneCroze
03 October 2024 15:36:13
We still have swifts and swallows moving through. 
Saying that, a couple of years ago, it was reported that a pair of swallows over wintered in Jersey.
Alderney, Channel Islands. (previously known as Beaufort)
Devonian
05 October 2024 19:00:34
Our last resident swallows and house martins left more than two weeks ago. I've not seen one since.

To my great surprise this morning, before 9 am, I saw a large flock (and it looked like a flock) of hirundines (20+) crusing north over the house. Mostly young birds by the looks of it, and they looked slightly bigger than normal (but definitely hirundines not thrushes). 

A very surprising sight to see up here so late in the year.
Devonian
05 October 2024 19:01:37

We still have swifts and swallows moving through. 
Saying that, a couple of years ago, it was reported that a pair of swallows over wintered in Jersey.

Originally Posted by: StoneCroze 



Doh, I just noticed this! Swifts too!!??
Roger Parsons
05 October 2024 20:02:54

Doh, I just noticed this! Swifts too!!??

Originally Posted by: Devonian 


Bloody Norah! Our swifts are long gone. The place seems knee deep in Yellow-browed Warblers!
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
StoneCroze
08 October 2024 13:13:05
Some more swallows moving through. 
Alderney, Channel Islands. (previously known as Beaufort)
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08 October 2024 15:16:00
I saw a swallow the day before yesterday.
Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft
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