Just saw a sparrowhawk take a pigeon from my garden. Poor pigeon didn't know what hit it and all that is left is a scattering of feathers. Cruel but a magnificent sight.
Coming up from South Bay this morning we met a lady with a bag of bread at the Holbeck Hill car park, Scarborough. She was amazed at the gulls with pure white tails among the usual Black Headed which...
http://news.sky.com/h...news/article/16180719 Well what they are talking about is simple Arithmetic really, but why are we such a nation of dingbats when it comes to rithmetic? Is it because of trendy...
I've just had my windows replaced and now have a problem fixing my net curtains. I've bought tension rods, but the windows are so wide they bow in the middle and the plastic hook doesn't look as...
Thanks all who replied to my posting. As I have just said to Z-M it is a relief to know all is well and there are still birds and watchers around. I had the thrill of seeing a spotted woodpecker very...
I am running outlook express 6 for emailing, just recently I have received a few emails where as soon
as you open them music starts playing, If I wanted to send a musical email how is it done ??...
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I have noticed a bright star or planet which is visible on most nights that other stars are not. Excuse the non-astronomical terms but it is "level" with the risen moon but about 45 degrees...
Af'noon all, I use the internet quite a bit and need some advice on what protection I should have on my pc. So far I have the free versions of Zone alarm firewall, Avira antivirus and Malwarebytes...
Many months ago I was able to choose the background for my e-mails. It won\'t complete doing this at the moment. I click the arrow next to Create Mail, select Stationery, have 14 to choose from, tick...
help..... i keep finding green grasshopper type insects in my bathroom at night .the strange thing is they have red eyes and when you pick them up .their tail sort of curls downwards as if to sting...
I've been "told off" by one bird lover for leaving the fat balls in the green net when I put them in the holder, because apparently bird's feet can get caught. Now someone else has said that I...
Sorry it's not much to go on but that's all I've been told? Can anyone hazard a guess as to what this might be... sounds like Posh spice to me! Apparently it's about the size of a tit?
I feed the birds in my garden with the usual seeds, peanuts, fatballs etc. but for some reason they're not touching the suet block. Its a seed & insect flavour of the same manufacture I've always used...
Yesterday we went to some local lakes for some combined birdwatching and photography. We were there reasonably early and most of the Canada geese were still on the banks either sleeping or preening...
A friend of mine asked me to identify a water bird he saw on Hampstead Heath but I can't track it. It's a water bird for sure, a little smaller than a pigeon,feet aren't webbed and its bill is not a...