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The Jaspers have kicked off big time over the last couple of weeks here in Sussex.Doing more per day than I was last year at this time . Only darkness stops play! Hopefully It'll all be happening for you chaps and chapessess a bit further North soon . .Those big German-thingies are jolly spitefull too this year,Lots more nests in shrubs than usual. Does'nt help if you have a customer of the overly helpfull sort. She decided to save money by beating the nest in her cherry-tree to death with a broom.She was stung.Lots. Next day she called me but not before she'd attacked the n
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Of course .Silly me .I Remember now.Back in he 12th Century their skins were used to make the robes worn by monks
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My flower book is 'nt the best but I think this Broad-leavd Helliborine.?
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They now have legs an things .
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Here i am about two weeks behind on the thread (bl**dy work n that ).Rabbits can mate with some large insects .You get Bugs Bunny Don't know what cross you use to get Pubic Hare Sorry for that but yes pheasants can cross with bantams .They're called Phantoms by the way .I know this becauseI've bred them myself .
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Here i am about two weeks behind on the thread (bl**dy work n that ).Rabbits can mate with some large insects .You get Bugs Bunny Don't know what cross you use to get Pubic Hare Sorry for that but yes pheasants can cross with bantams .They're called Phantoms by the way .I know this becauseI've bred them myself .
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Apparently when I was born one of Dad's workmates gave him a bar of nut chocolate," for the baby!". Possibly tradition of giving a silver-spoon or coin whilst invoking good luck also has practical purpose.Silver is an easily crafted,widely accepted metal that can be traded within or between cultures. In other words the child is being given something that might well tide it over in times of hardship...Then there is the fact that silver is a good conductor of electricity ,heat and perhaps more spiritual energy.. My parents did'nt even save a single square of the chocol
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Step down and hold Democratic elections and hopefully get voted back in --and have re-count if we don't....Zieg F*cking Heil
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Lovely pictures .Beautiful mill and pretty tench. Friend and I fished the Stour for the first time a couple of weeks back. We ducked on the barbel too (" should've been here last week ," or ,"bit early yet" according to which local we spoke to. ) but I had a 2 n half pound perch and an 11 lb pike on perch gear -4lb line ,centre-pin ,cane rod and lob-worm! . Luck rather than fishing skill I'll be the first to admit. Lovely river and I'll whisper this ,"prefered it to the Royalty. " Not as good as the Arun though.
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Hello . Sounds to me like your next move might be to lay-off the retrieving (and playing with toys in a chase and retrieve fashion) for a few days . Concentrate on getting her to sit nicely and tight to you after every recall. Once she is doing this try a retrieve under controlled conditions such as a hall way. As soon as she "comes right up" make her sit(she should be doing this automaticly by now) just as you've taught her ,then take the dummy gently ,then praise her. Then do another completly different training exercise before you finish the training session with a romp or w
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Do you mean she runs about or circles but won't bring the dummy right back to your hand? Or that she clamps on and won't release it ? . Others better qualified will be able to give you better advice but if your dog is circling it really indicates that you need to work on her recall in all circumstances and limit the retrieving to situations in which you have total control , even if it means using a long line to guide the pup gently toward you or confining retrieving to a narrow passage .Insisting on a consistent delivery ritual might help. Good luck . PS just had a re
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Nice informative post Comanche Actualy,.the technical name for these hungry grubs,.is 'Headbangers'.... They 'tap,tap,tap,..to attract the adults,.... I've started doing that with the wife when I need feeding,. I've found 'clicking my fingers' to be far more successful than banging my head against the headboard,....mind you,..she is leaving me All the best,.CHALKWARREN... "The Germans are coming".... Tell you what. The Headbanging routine works! Gave the nest to the female grand child because "we are doing animals", at school. There was my daughter,
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Hello . Jasper season is here and I'm being called to nests out of my chosen area which is West/Mid Sussex / part of Surrey . What with time restraints ,the price of fuel and the fact that I do try to keep to a basic " Green" ethos I was wondering if any PCs local to E Sussex/Kent would allow me to pass their number on to clients beyond my area. Can I stress that I am not expecting a reciprocal agreement .I'd just like to be of some use to callers even if I can't physically deal with their problem and maybe help put some trade someone's
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Cats are quite clever at not being pecked bitten , kicked or clawed by their victims. One of the reasons cats sometimes seem to be playing with prey is to avoid injury .They tend to knock the victim about and claw at it in order to disorientate and disable it before the coup-de -grace with a well-placed bite.
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Thanks for that Holland's Hope I'm sure I've read that references going back to Saxon times and even the Roman occupation indicate that hornets were more widespread over Britain. Mind you I believe that the late Saxon period was warmer than it was today. I think the most important climatic requirement is, as with most insects ,is a mild Spring . Something that struck me was the way the grubs all rasp their jaws down the insides of their cells almost in total unison. I'm guessing that it is to guide adults back to the nest with food. Only a guess so if anyone
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Namibia - African wildcat hunting
comanche replied to Gimli's topic in Wildlife and General Photography
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Had to go. Only a few feet from the house of an eccentric elderly couple(My parents ). Probably would've been ok until the shorter nights when the hornets would have started entering the house to buzz the lights. Don't worry I gave Mum a Senior Citizen discount Those Japanese hornets looked very impressive. Once did a bit of unscientific monitoring of a wasp's nest that was near a hornet's nest. The hornets definatly kept the wasps down and by the end of Summer the wasp nest was no bigger than an early season one. Short-staffed I expect! Anyone know how far North hornets are bei
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I've had them fried .Must've been Ok .Certainly not something stuck in the head as "won't try that again.
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The men and women who fought in the World Wars did so because most were called-up. For every one that wanted a crack at the enemy there must've been many more who were frightened .The option to go AWOL or into hiding was taken by some but most did their duty. Many fought beyond the call. Many died . Thanks to those who fought it is very unlikely that todays youth will ever be called upon to prove their worth in the same way. This is just as well .In the event of call-up we'd probably hear, "I ain't F***** fightin",from the Crack-arses( who when not off the head actually do s
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At risk of being nominated for my second THL Darwin Award I had to take these of my favourite insect . Sadly these had to go . I don't have any job satisfaction from dealing with hornets.
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Bit of an update on my earlier post.I've had a chat with my Dad . Seems that during WW2 Grandad held down a full time job investigating Post office theft and fraud(Dad said it must have been important because Grandad carried a pistol at work!),he was also a sergeant in the Home Gaurd and a fire-watcher. One night having survived a close-shave in a bombing raid he finally arrived home in the early hours of the morning.Instead of a sympathetic welcome he was refused access by his wife until he had stripped naked and washed on the doorstep because he was covered in brick and rubble dust!
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The owl.Magic!
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My Grandad ,a Sergeant in the Post Office Rifles,was Mentioned in Dispatches in WW1 and features in the Regimental history book. Saving vital mule trains and getting them through under fire I think. I'll have to have another look at the book and talk to my Dad....One Christmas in the early1970's He rolled up his trouser leg to reveal an horrific scar from his knee to his ankle. Even my Dad (his son) had never seen it. It was only then , over fifty years on from events, that Grandad felt ready to talk about his experiences. Having several horses shot beneath him and even one hit by a shell