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Offline Merddin Emrys

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #420 on: January 15, 2012, 10:33:17 am »
 :laugh: He was looking at the ipad, he's not started cooing yet but he does seem to be at the stroppy teenager stage  :D
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« Reply #421 on: January 15, 2012, 05:50:20 pm »
This must have happened a couple of hours after I was there yesterday and was in the Daily Post News. He was a lucky pup indeed

"A LUCKY pup yesterday survived a 100 foot plunge off a cliff into the sea.

Charlie the Cocker Spaniel fell off Llandudno's Little Orme headland. His owner alerted Holyhead Coastguard which sent Llandudno's RNLI inshore lifeboat at 3.25 pm. The rescuers reached the scene a few minutes later and plucked the puppy from the water. The RNLI said it had cuts and grazes after a “nasty” fall. It was reunited with his owner on the slipway"


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« Reply #422 on: January 22, 2012, 12:27:45 pm »
We sat on a bench in the gardens of Portmeirion Hotel yesterday and this friendly Blackbird kept us company.

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« Reply #423 on: January 22, 2012, 03:45:21 pm »
Yesterday, we went into a bird hide by the cob in Porthmadog and saw many varieties of birds there including Canada Geese, Mallards, Teals but the funniest sight was that of Redshanks running through the shallow water looking so ungainly with their long thin legs.
Couldn't take any photos though as the birds were too far away.  We kept our eyes open for the Otters that are by the bridge in Portmadog but didn't see any this time.

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« Reply #424 on: January 23, 2012, 11:23:16 am »
An interesting phenomena here.
This is a blackbird, which has steadily turned completely white over the years.
It is not an albino, read the story here..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16646922

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« Reply #425 on: January 23, 2012, 11:30:06 am »
Amazing, I like a nice bird story  D)
I'd have to call him Micky after Michael Jackson :)
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« Reply #426 on: January 23, 2012, 11:35:54 am »
Amazing, I like a nice bird story  D)
I'd have to call him Micky after Michael Jackson :)

He's likely to turn up at yours at some stage.... they all do!
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« Reply #427 on: January 23, 2012, 11:45:30 am »
Highly likely  :laugh: 

Fluff the dove is getting on very well still  D)
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #428 on: January 23, 2012, 10:24:03 pm »
Just like to say that when it's my time I'm coming back as a cat.

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« Reply #429 on: January 24, 2012, 10:45:54 pm »
This is a Shamrock Spider. Native to Southern Calfornia so not strictly "local". BUT IT WAS IN MY KITCHEN!

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« Reply #430 on: January 24, 2012, 10:50:34 pm »
If I'd seen that in my kitchen Paddy my photo would show a slightly more spread out version  :o
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« Reply #431 on: January 24, 2012, 11:06:39 pm »
Hiya Pen. I was a bit freaked out when I saw it but I was a brave little soldier and just scooped it up and chucked it into the garden where I'm sure it's thriving in our Southern California climate!

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« Reply #432 on: January 24, 2012, 11:54:18 pm »
Hehe this is what happened to the last spider I found......................it was left under the glass for Gez  in the morning.  :roll:
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« Reply #433 on: January 24, 2012, 11:55:47 pm »
The best was he didn't even see and so I ended up throwing it out myself...........................still gives me shivers now  :D
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #434 on: January 25, 2012, 12:22:07 am »
Wimp!