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The wildlife pond acquires plants, and wildlife!
A couple of weeks on and most of the plants have arrived and now been placed, at least temporarily, in the pond. What’s brilliant is that this has almost immediately attracted wildlife in.
Posted in Biology, Botany, Gardening, Green exercise, how to, Invertebrates, Plants, Wildlife Pond
Tagged diving beetle, hornwort, pond, pond creation, water beetle, Wildlife Pond
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Avian Keratin Disorder
It’s possible that some of you noticed that one of the blue tits in yesterday’s post had an unusually long beak. That’s because, presumably, it is suffering from Avian Keratin Disorder.
Posted in Biology, Birds
Tagged avian keratin disorder, bill, birds, blue tit, deformity, keratin
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On late-nesting Great-Crested Grebes
While the Pochards have been a story characterised by their unexpected presence, for the Great-Crested Grebes it has instead been one of disappointing absence. But a few weeks back they reappeared, and since then something really interesting has happened.
Posted in Biology, Birds, Ethology
Tagged autumn, breeding, brooding, clutch size, great crested grebes, grebes, late breeding, nesting, october, september
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Some thoughts on non-native species
How many non-native species do you think there are in the UK? Ten? Fifty? A few hundred? Keep going upwards…
Posted in Biology, Birds, Botany, Invertebrates, Mammals
Tagged beaver, crayfish, grey squirrel, himalayan balsam, introduced, invasive, japanese knotweed, non-native, snow geese
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30 Days Wild – Day 28 – Rain
With the rain continuing to fall I was wondering what I could write about today. Surely not another wildfowl photo?
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Biology, Birds, Botany
Tagged 30 Days Wild, birds, rain, weather
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30 Days Wild – Day 26 – Aberlady Bay
Day 26 is really a second part to Day 25, coming from the first ever Local Nature Reserve, established in 1952. Aberlady Bay.