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 Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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 Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Oct 20, 20 1:40 pm Subject: Wildlife |
I think quite a few people feed kites. An ex-colleague has them coming to his bird table, and there is a farm just off the A1 near Peterborough where a larger feeding programme occurs.
And they do ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Aug 12, 20 11:19 pm Subject: Wildlife |
I believe that to be a Silver Y moth (Autographa gamma). You can see the silver 'y', or gamma!
Sometimes appear in large numbers at about this time of year. They like purple flowers (thistles, knap ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Aug 08, 20 10:32 am Subject: Wildlife |
Henry |
| Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sun Jul 12, 20 9:59 am Subject: Wildlife |
Good to see Reds. Used to get them in my garden in Norfolk fifty plus years ago.
Looks like a genuine British native, rather than one of those European interlopers (not that they asked to come over h ... |
| Topic: Onion seeds |
buzzy
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Jun 28, 20 10:37 pm Subject: Onion seeds |
You can save them
From what?
And suppose they don't want to be saved?
Henry |
| Topic: Onion seeds |
buzzy
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Jun 28, 20 11:40 am Subject: Onion seeds |
You can use them as decoration for home baked bread, or to add flavour to stews, curries etc.
Henry |
| Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Jun 25, 20 2:55 pm Subject: Wildlife |
Bait them seems possible, but I think you need a bit of open ground to allow them to feel secure.
Henry |
| Topic: Science geek soap question |
buzzy
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Wed Jun 24, 20 9:25 am Subject: Science geek soap question |
| MR, we did this in chemistry at school. We used a chemical filter paper. We cut a radial line a couple of millimetres wide from centre to edge so the strip dangled down. Put the drop of ink being test ... |
| Topic: Used to be some pallets and a barrel. |
buzzy
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Jun 23, 20 10:50 pm Subject: Used to be some pallets and a barrel. |
Yeah! Well! Drinking beer ouit of plastic? Why are you surprised? 
Henry |
| Topic: Used to be some pallets and a barrel. |
buzzy
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Tue Jun 23, 20 9:46 am Subject: Used to be some pallets and a barrel. |
they are nice 
so long as you can see to not stub yer toe or fall over em
Seems to me there is a market for the solar powered LED drinks coaster. If you can see your drink, you don't ne ... |
| Topic: Fireplace |
buzzy
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sun Jun 21, 20 10:39 am Subject: Fireplace |
| Personally I would get a professional in to sort it out, or at least give you detailed advice. And there must be building regulations. From my limited knowledge there are all sorts of requirements ab ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Jun 17, 20 10:45 pm Subject: Wildlife |
I wouldn't feed Boris to anything; he would be certain to make it vomit!
Henry |
| Topic: Wildlife |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Jun 16, 20 9:31 am Subject: Wildlife |
dpack's sweet little budgie is a Harpy Eagle, quite capable of felicide.
I assume his chum's chum is not a UK resident, or else a zoo has been careless, and the RSPB are missing a trick!
Henry |
| Topic: 2 Months Coal Free! |
buzzy
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Jun 09, 20 3:52 pm Subject: 2 Months Coal Free! |
I must say that when I read the title of the thread I was thinking "Another advert. But I don't burn coal anymore. Blooming energy suppliers!"
Henry |
| Topic: TBL on web equality |
buzzy
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Fri Jun 05, 20 9:50 am Subject: TBL on web equality |
| One will need to address the problem of those who, like my mother-in-law, has no longer the ability to use the internet. (And there will be those who could never cope.) She is regularly infuriated by ... |
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