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dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 24 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

it indicates a young male

a family group of mature boar, sows and piglets is quite noticeable.
rooting, nesting, wandering about with squiggly piglets etc all have strong sign or direct observation

i would be aware it (or they)may be around but not very worried, they will avoid you if at all possible (or steal your lunch) and are only dangerous if they see you as a threat, if so back off politely telling them you will go that way so they can continue doing piggy things

a few apples and a night in a tree with a night sight is a viable option if they do seem to be a problem

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 24 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We do have the option of a trail cam if we think they have been in our bit of the wood. No sign of rooting that I have seen, but do have dogs and badgers digging, so may have assumed it was them. Hopefully just a lone one passing through.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 24 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the wasps are hunting insects, rather unseasonal for early october

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 24 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yes, I would expect them to be on fruit for sugar at this time of year. I was surprised to see hornets on the grapes a little while ago; of course they could have been taking insects that were on the sugar, but I didn't have my glasses on, so wouldn't have been able to see very tiny insects.

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 24 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Had a visitor in our bedroom yesterday morning. I looked up and there was a robin sat on the inside windowsill. It didn't seem particularly bothered, but as I approached it, it flew out of the room and along to the front of the house. Found it in the front bedroom, so opened a large window, but had to get between it and the window to do so, so it flew back. Went back to our bedroom and opened the big window there and eventually it flew out. I asked it not the make any mucky messes, and as far as I can see it did as I asked. The only way it could have got in was through the fanlight which was only open a tiny bit. Amazing how small a gap small birds can get through; we noticed it with the bluetit that nested in the kiln in the spring.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 24 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the crunchy noise is not wildlife, it is maple leaves falling off the tree

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 24 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They are falling well here too. Unless your remark is cryptic of course. We have been living in a rain of beech leaves in the woods the last week or two.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 24 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i could not decide if it was snuffling or what it was for several days

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 24 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Read this today and thought it might be of interest to you all; https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/28/great-abandonment-what-happens-natural-world-people-disappear-bulgaria?utm_term=6747fc5b5f84c9904cf83ee62f7ce70e&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

We have found this with out wood. Where we cut coppice that hasn't been touched for 50-60 years, we suddenly get a mass of woodland flowers. This attracts insects, birds, bats and small mammals.

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 24 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Very interesting

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 24 1:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

rust belt sites can be interesting to watch as they develop from "in use" to "wild" with a few interesting bits of archaeology poking out

in use has eco impacts, some more attractive or biodiverse than others

ex use, ditto

 
gz



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 24 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Anyone noticed wasps still about?
Nextdoor neighbour has, indoors
The usual nest in my stock shed is empty, but that is an uninsulated wooden 6x4 garden shed

Obviously we haven't had enough frost

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 24 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a couple of weeks ago they were trying to hunt invertebrates, ie young in a nest

not seen one for a few days since it got chilly again

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 24 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Only wildlife of sorts, but went up to the woods for the first time since the storms yesterday as husband and son have mainly been doing firewood, and I have had things to do at home. Went for a walk round to see some of the trees that are down; one large dead oak barring our way to the coppice, which is going to take some shifting, and a large beech branch still blocking one footpath, which is going to take a lot of consideration and shifting as it is resting on several branches. Hoping we can get our friend who is a cutter to come to help as with him cutting and son on forwarder to hold things, should be the safest way of dealing with both.

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 24 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Saw a kestrel today just sitting in a tree looking at me, no more than 10 yards away

 
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