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Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 10h

I’m not a very strict gardener. My vegetable patch is nothing like those immaculate allotments you see, with rows of perfect vegetables and not a weed to be seen between them. If plants self-seed and I don’t yet need the space for...

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Duck update

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 10h

I was sure I had written about this already, but apparently not. A few days after I wrote that our garden pond seemed to be attractive to a couple of Mallard ducks, I noticed that they seemed to have created a little alcove...

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Foxy Loxy and Billy Badger

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11407) • United Kingdom 29 May

Well, I have been spoilt this evening. Not only have I had a visit from Billy Badger but Foxy Loxy has been too. They are both loving their late night snacks. I am keeping well out of sight so as not to scare them....also I don't...

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U S Coast Guard rescues a man who was stranded on an island in California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122209) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 May

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Air Station Ventura California answered an emergency call on Friday to rescue a 67 year old man who was stranded off of Santa Rosa island in California after his boat was shipwrecked after his...

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Making the best of an opportunity!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 21 May

Plants are great opportunists. I guess they have to be, because they can’t really move so they just have to do the best they can in whatever place they end up. I loved this little miniature garden that has grown up on top of this...

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We have been adopted!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 21 May

Or at least, our garden has. A pair of mallard ducks has taken a liking to our garden pond! Last year I did see a pair of ducks visit once or twice, but they didn’t stick around. But this year a pair – maybe the same ones – has...

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Just the Usual

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 18 May

So, what did I do today? Just the usual. Every time I come to the Smokies it seems as though I have to check these things off my list: *Go to the Chimneys picnic area *Drive through the Smokies *Stop at the overlook on the...

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We have just seen a badger

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11407) • United Kingdom 10 Apr

I found some dog treats in the cupboard and I've been putting them out each evening for the wildlife ....The Mister put some out about ten minutes ago and he was watching... suddenly he called me ....there was a badger eating the...

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17.03.26 Did the Baby Hyena deserve to be killed?

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 17 Mar

An occurrence has been reported in the suburbs of Nairobi. A hyena and her baby strayed from a park near the city of Nairobi here in Kenya. The two accessed residential areas and the mother hyena attacked a man heading to work...

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Night visitor

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 12 Mar

We had friends to stay at the weekend and they brought with them a motion-activated night-vision camera. They set it up opposite what is obviously a well-trodden gap in the fence between us and our next-door-neighbours, and were...

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The bees are waking up!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 4 Mar

It’s definitely spring, for the past few days I’ve been seeing bumblebees out and about and even a butterfly or two. I had a surprise this morning when I went to get my wash-bag from the bathroom and found this big queen bumblebee...

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It’s not just time-wasting!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 27 Feb

Ever since I started on this garden birds survey for the British Trust for Ornithology (which was three years ago this week!) I have been obsessively glancing out of the window every few minutes, jumping up with the binoculars if...

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Do you feed the local wildlife ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11407) • United Kingdom 13 Feb

My Mom buys nuts and puts them out for the birds and squirrels. She also puts out bread and biscuits. The squirrels love licking butter off the bread. And they love shortbread biscuits. We put out nuts and bread and biscuits. We...

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Quite the drama outside!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 11 Feb

As I’ve written about before, I spend a lot of time watching the birds, and also monitoring them for the British Trust for Ornithology’s garden birds project. So basically I’m constantly listening, and glancing out of the window,...

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Craig, the old, endeared elephant in Amboseli Park, Kenya Dies at 54

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 3 Jan

Somber mood engulfed Amboseli National Park, one of our major wildlife tourism attractions in Kenya following the demise of one of the most endeared wild animals, an elephant fondly christened Craig. Reliable sourced confirmed...

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A life or death drama!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 25 Nov

Yesterday morning my partner remarked that he had just seen a baby Muntjac deer in the garden (Muntjac breed all year round). We both rushed to the kitchen door to have a look, but of course it had disappeared into the...

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A bird almost flew into my house.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84815) • Daytona Beach, Florida 2 Nov

Earlier today, while collecting the radio and George's soda from the front porch, a white bird flew at me, landing on our roof. Back when we lived at the Breakers, there was a pond where ducks often frequented. If people with...

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Oh, the Armadillos

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 22 Oct

Whenever I drive through Missouri, I'm struck by how many armadillos line the roadside. But here's the thing—they're all dead! Every last one. I don't think I've ever seen a living armadillo in my life. It's like they're...

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Those pesky birds!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 7 Oct

As I’m sure you know I love to watch the birds in the garden, and I’m happy to share with them especially when we have more than enough of some produce, but I just wish they would be a bit more considerate! We have three biggish...

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Surprise visitors!

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 18 Sep

Ravens, the largest member of the crow family, normally frequent farmland, especially uplands and mountainous areas, or sometimes seaside cliffs (and of course the Tower of London, but that’s another story). According to the...

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