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Spawning frogs (to be added to as the season progresses)
Posted by Mudwoman
Saturday 21st February 2009
Category: Garden Wildlife
6/01/09 I am writing this journal to record this years frog spawning season, and will add new pages to it at I hope fairly regular intervals. Spawning started later this year, with the first frogs arriving a few days before Christmas. The cold spell... Read More
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"The holly and the ivy" probably ranks among our favourite Christmas carols while mistletoe is another festive ingredient for this time of year. So here are a few facts I've learned about these festive plants which I thought I would share with any in... Read More
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Close encounters of an avian kind!
Posted by PattyMac
Friday 03rd April 2009
Category: Garden Wildlife
This morning, whilst out in he garden, I was fortunate enough to have my camera to hand when a cheeky Robin landed nearby. My husband had been mowing and edging the lawn, so presumably the Robin had been keeping his beady little eye on this and what ... Read More
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Spurn Point - a wild and beautiful place!
Posted by PattyMac
Monday 25th August 2008
Category: Garden Wildlife
Spurn Point is a unique curved spit of land, situated between the Humber and North Sea, protruding into the estuary in a south-westerly direction. It is 3.5 miles long but only 50m. wide in some places! The peninsula changes constantly due to erosion... Read More
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Fellow member of the Bees group, Beekeeper (sometimes known as Mike), drafted the following for us to help answer the beginner questions of how we can go about getting bees in our gardens, whether by starting our own hive(s) or by allowing other bee ... Read More
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This afternoon we paid a visit to Waters' Edge nature reserve on the south bank of the river Humber. This 110 acre reserve includes two areas that form part of a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). It's location, at Barton-on-Humber, was once... Read More
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Wildlife and geology at Hornsea Mere.
Posted by PattyMac
Saturday 25th October 2008
Category: Garden Wildlife
Hornsea Mere is the largest freshwater lake in Yorkshire, covering over 120 hectares. It is situated about 1 mile inland from the North Sea, just to the west of the east coast town of Hornsea, a popular seaside resort. The lake is relatively shallow ... Read More
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In 2003 this area around Paull, on the Humber estuary, saw the develpoment of a flood defence scheme whereby 80 hectares of mudflats and saltmarsh were created. In the photo you can see the gap in the sea wall, in the far distance, which allows the s... Read More
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