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Offline Quiggs

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #930 on: May 21, 2014, 03:48:59 pm »
Cockchafer. Or May Bug. Have a 3 to 4 yr. life cycle, even 5 if there is a prolonged cold period. So they appear for a year or so and then disappear for a few years. And have a larger No. Every 30 Yrs
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« Reply #931 on: May 21, 2014, 11:56:50 pm »
Cute picture Suepp.  $good$

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #932 on: May 25, 2014, 04:51:41 pm »
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« Reply #933 on: May 25, 2014, 05:04:29 pm »
Quote from: Quiggs on May 21, 2014, 03:48:59 pm
Cockchafer. Or May Bug. Have a 3 to 4 yr. life cycle, even 5 if there is a prolonged cold period. So they appear for a year or so and then disappear for a few years. And have a larger No. Every 30 Yrs
AND can make a terrible mess of your lawn in extreme cases e.g. grubs in lawn and jackdaws etc. dig them up to get at the feast.
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #934 on: May 29, 2014, 07:05:08 pm »
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #935 on: June 07, 2014, 02:51:03 pm »
Yesterday we were watching Blackbirds collecting nesting material from our garden and today they were enjoying a courtship ritual there.   I thought that they only bred in the Spring but looking it up I found out that  the breeding season lasts from early March to late July, and chicks are often found in a nest well into August.   During this period, blackbirds rear 2-3 broods. In a good year, fourth broods may be attempted.
The thunderstorms early this morning don't seem to have affected them off at all.

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #936 on: June 07, 2014, 06:16:38 pm »
Pigeons can be all year if they have the right conditions, we have a week old baby now!
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #937 on: June 07, 2014, 06:46:27 pm »
Quote from: Merddin Emrys on June 07, 2014, 06:16:38 pm
Pigeons can be all year if they have the right conditions, we have a week old baby now!

Not in my garden they can't!  We have 2 pigeons who are daily visitors and spend their time picking up all the seed and food spilt from the bird feeders by the smaller birds.   The only problen is they also appear to consider the seeds I have planted as a additional supply! 

Once they are well fattened up they may well finish up in a nice pigeon pie!  Yum, yum!   :D
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #938 on: June 10, 2014, 01:10:40 pm »
We have found these in the garden inside an old lawn roller.
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« Reply #939 on: June 10, 2014, 01:50:24 pm »
Gorjus!   Just wish we could adopt one but an impending move into an apartment makes it impossible.    $cool$
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #940 on: June 12, 2014, 10:47:22 pm »
Quote from: Hugo on May 25, 2014, 04:51:41 pm

Dolphins spotted off coast of Kinmel Bay, Conwy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-27564566
They were at Colwyn Bay Monday, we and several other folk watched them for over an hour, from the shore Old Colwyn, amazing!
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« Reply #941 on: June 13, 2014, 09:45:34 am »
Was high up on the Orme yesterday, but was too far away to see detail, but something (s) were leaping in and out of the water off the Marine Drive.
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #942 on: June 14, 2014, 01:05:10 am »
Quote from: Nemesis on June 13, 2014, 09:45:34 am
Was high up on the Orme yesterday, but was too far away to see detail, but something (s) were leaping in and out of the water off the Marine Drive.
That sounds about right Nem, there was a report of about 8 bottle nose dolphin off the orme that day, thrilling to think they are visiting,. We could land up being the new Newquay and folk coming for miles around to see them. who knows lol
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« Reply #943 on: June 15, 2014, 10:02:47 pm »
Quote from: hollins on June 10, 2014, 01:10:40 pm
We have found these in the garden inside an old lawn roller.

Hollins!!   What's happening to those gorgeous kittens???    .... and where is their Mum? 
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« Reply #944 on: June 16, 2014, 07:21:06 am »
Fester, the kittens belong to a feral cat that adopted us about three years ago. She has had several litters since then but not many of the kittens make it. Last time she had five but only one survived and we found a home for that one with a neighbour.
We think they are probably taken by badgers or foxes.
We feed the mother but she won't let you get near her and we have no idea where she came from.
She is a clever mother, she moves them around. This was the third place we saw them. They were originally born in the compost heap!
Hope you had a great holiday.
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