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Allan added a Photo 3 days, 10 hours ago
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Allan commented on the post, Autumn … Ageing Beautifully. 3 days, 10 hours ago
Shake some teasle heads and get some seed Anne,They are the favourite food of the goldfinch,They are bi annuals hough.
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Allan posted a new activity comment 3 days, 10 hours ago
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Allan replied to the topic SEPTEMBER THEME 2018 'AUTUMN' in the forum
Photography 4 days, 8 hours agoUnder milkwood.
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Allan commented on the post, Country Park Walks ….. Autumn 4 days, 14 hours ago
It’s surprising the effect berries have on the wild birds,I used to breed goldfinches and bullfinches a long time ago, The blackberries used to give the bullfinches a dark cap and the deep brown body colour of t […]
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Allan posted a new activity comment 4 days, 14 hours ago
I think it’s what a lot of the magazines do, too promote whatever.
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Allan added a Photo 4 days, 15 hours ago
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I think it’s what a lot of the magazines do, too promote whatever.
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That’s hilarious Allan
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Allan commented on the post, The Village Show. 4 days, 15 hours ago
Good.
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Allan commented on the post, The Village Show. 4 days, 16 hours ago
Look after the seeds Cill, 23’’ is the best I could do this year.
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Allan commented on the post, The Village Show. 4 days, 20 hours ago
Did you will the longest bean Cill ? Must be nice to have a small village show like that,It must bring the community together.
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Allan replied to the topic Wild plant identification. in the forum General Discussion 4 days, 20 hours ago
It’s a boon to the bee keepers, It’s the last big pollen feed that bees collect at the end of the season,while there’s no other plants for them too collect off.You will often see bees covered in pollen rising off the balsam.
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Allan replied to the topic SEPTEMBER THEME 2018 'AUTUMN' in the forum
Photography 5 days, 5 hours agoAll the leaves are brown and the sky is grey.
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Allan replied to the topic Wild plant identification. in the forum General Discussion 6 days, 8 hours ago
When you touch the ripe seed pods they explode and scatter the seeds over a fair distance,
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Allan posted a new activity comment 6 days, 22 hours ago
Late good morning all,
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Allan posted a new activity comment 1 week ago
Night Anne.
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good morning Allan
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Allan posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Love Bodnant,Has to be the best garden in Wales When the Rhodidendrons and Azaleas are out.And the Arch when the Laburnum is open.
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Allan replied to the topic Frogs in the forum
Attracting wildlife 2 weeks, 2 days agoI noticed about a dozen young koi in the pond a couple of weeks back,Now there aren’t any,I wondered what happened to them,There are three or four large frogs in the pond,So they are going to get re homed for next year.I know the dragon fly larvae eat young fish,But it’s only damsels that have been there the last couple oft years.
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Allan posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hi All , Didn’t think we would have a hot sunny day like today has been,Trip down the GC The pump played up on my pond,But it has been running constantly for ten years,Bought a new one of the same make. Wasn’t tempted to buy any plants,It was hard though.
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Good afternoon Allan
… well done on the pump HAGE
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Allan posted an update 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Night Anne,
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Nightnight Allan
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Morning Al.
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Morning Al.
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Hi All , Didn’t think we would have a hot sunny day like today has been,Trip down the GC The pump played up on my pond,But it has been running constantly for ten years,Bought a new one of the same make. Wasn’t tempted to buy any plants,It was hard though.
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Good afternoon Allan
… well done on the pump HAGE
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Allan posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 3 days ago
I finished at 60 But being self employed i wound down over the last few years,I never worked week ends and i cut down from a five day a week to four,then three,I wondered why i hadn’t done it sooner,I had paid my 45 years stamps,So was allowed to retire early ,I think they have moved the goal posts now.
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That’s absolutely brilliant Allan…many thanks for putting it on here
Lovely to see so many
There is an explosion of goldfinches this year, Al. We counted nearly 30 on the lawn. This is a great photo
Great photo Al.
Wow Cilla! we have had over a dozen in the Holly tree at times, but 30
that’s amazing 
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Good morning to you ,and HAGrD
Cracked sunflower Anne, But teasle is their favourite them niger, When I last bought teasle it was £5 a pound.Wouldnt like to think what it costs now.
Best year I have seen for them,When I am driving down country lanes,Flocks of them rise up.
I went out Metal detecting two weeks ago and I was in a field that they had just cut the rape seed .The loose seed was all over the field and there was flocks of different finches feeding on it, They were rising in clouds.The linnets And greenfinches made up with the majority of them,but there was redpolls and Siskins there as well,I was sitting…[Read more]
Mine won’t eat niger any more, they prefer sunflower hearts
What a wonderful and rare sight, nowadays, Al. The fields are barely harvested before they are ploughed which means no food for the birds
I echo Cilla’s comments re the field of birds feeding Allan, … how lovely
I hope that the goldfinches here won’t go off the Niger seeds Cilla … have feeders to suit the seeds just right now!¬ Mind you, they still have a choice … spoilt rotten
