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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Another field bites the dust !

Housing taking over nature

To me it’s like one of those Horror films where you see some awful thing slowly creeping along devouring all that’s before it. I moved from Ashford in Kent to Bishop’s Waltham in Hampshire nearly three years ago. Although I miss Kent very much, I haven’t missed the Housing Developments which over a number of […]

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Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

Back to the Woods

“Going down the Woods to play Mum”, those were the words often heard by Mother back in the 1950’s and very early 1960’s. The Woods were somewhere where you could be Robin Hood, Roy Rogers, Davy Crockett or William Tell, they were a place where the little Copse close to the House became anywhere from […]

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Sunday, May 10th, 2020

Springwatching the Hedgehogs

Hedgehog eating meat cat food

    All our Hedgehogs should now be awake and if not already, found a Mate to do what Hedgehogs do ! Indeed, the one Hedgehog I had hibernating in my Garden over Winter emerged and within two weeks I noticed he or she had found a friend. Having their babies can present some problems […]

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Monday, February 10th, 2020

Wildlife – A matter of Life and Death

Wheatear

  We, humans, may have all the technology and academia behind us, but one thing’s for certain; Wildlife can survive without us, we cannot survive without wildlife. Every living creature has a purpose whether it be to eat or be eaten, it’s like the song ‘I know an old Lady who swallowed a Fly’. Everything […]

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Thursday, February 6th, 2020

Changing faces of Suburban Streets

This is not having a go necessarily at people who live in houses, it is an observation of how modern technology and our material needs have gone faster than our Infrastructure can take. Walking down a once leafy Street full of nice houses with little front flower gardens and a tree was pleasant, it was […]

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Saturday, February 1st, 2020

Hedgehogs and Fence Panels

Hedgehog Unfriendly Garden

  Recent figures have shown yet another 10% drop in the Hedgehog Poluation in the last year, 30% since 2000. Now being at Number 9 in the UK Endangered Species List it is imperitive that a major effort has to be made to help these numbers increase and bring about a rising healthy population. One […]

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Sunday, January 26th, 2020

New Builds, a Hypocrisy?

back of new houses

  ‘A new Housing Estate surrounded by the Beautiful Kent Countryside’ the Developers often say ot thereabouts. ‘A new Housing Estate in the middle and eating up the Kent Countryside’ maybe more accurate? Or ‘A new Housing Estate on the edge of the Kent Countryside but not for long because another Developers going to buy […]

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Friday, June 10th, 2016

Springwatch 2016 – Unfair Criticism !

Springwatch unfair criticism

BBC2’s Springwatch this year has received quite a few complaints which have spread to the National Press about showing young birds being taken from their nests before fledging. Blue Tits have been taken by a Jay, Woodpeckers by a Stoat and one video clip showed a Sparrowhawk taking a Swallow. Remarks we’ve had around Social […]

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Sunday, February 21st, 2016

My Garden Wildlife – February ’16 update

Garden Bug House

  With Winter nearing an end down the Lane comes a chance of checking around the various parts of my garden for any signs of life and that things are in reasonable order and position for the warmer months. The Bug House appears to be holding out and I know there are about 4 drilled […]

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Saturday, December 5th, 2015

Hedgehogs – Not just for Summer

hedgehog

  In the past few months the Government have been looking into having a National Symbol and after some long discussion (typical of Parliament) the Hedgehog was put forward as an ideal choice. However, that decision is now on hold as several MP’s agreed with a Spokesman as to why have an animal as a […]

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