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Crone
Jun 20 min read
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Visiting Knepp
Knepp has become famous due to the landscape scale rewilding project put into effect by Charles Burrell and Isabella Tree. I've read...

Crone
Jun 12 min read
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Deer pressure
Is she not so pretty? But, of course, the muntjacs do eat all there is to eat and limit the opportunities for anyone else to inhabit the...

Crone
May 312 min read
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A sign of experience?
Someone on YouTube told me that the mottled grey of Mottled Breast's breast might be a sign of seniority. To be honest, I had thought...

Crone
May 301 min read
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Emergent third...
Have a watch of this video... there's something vaguely interesting in the bit at the start. Let's assume there's something in this...

Crone
May 292 min read
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Feral
So, two types of pigeon visit. This is a feral pigeon... And this is a wood pigeon. The former are descended from domesticated rock...

Crone
May 281 min read
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Dive down
The Goddess Oak always has something disconcerting to say. This time it was, "You really need to dive more deeply into death stuff." I...

Crone
May 272 min read
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Lonely heart
So, something a little odd happened in Holland. I went into a shop and in my usual fashion asked the proprietor what I should buy. He...

Crone
May 262 min read
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Never refuse an offer to sit on a goat
These scenes - the one at the front and this one - they could be paintings, no? My conference trip to Amsterdam was great. I had a lovely...

Crone
May 251 min read
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Swanning around
Another trip to feed the birdies and I was able to get up close and personal to a swan who told me with an impatient huff when I was...

Crone
May 242 min read
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Back with the Minerva Oak
The flood waters have receded, and now this is the scene near the Minerva Oak. No, not snow: it's willow pollen! I sat up in the tree...

Crone
May 231 min read
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Pretty in pink... or red
The May is out! As it should be... It has an edge, the odour, of rot, but I still like it. However strong the scent, it doesn't repulse...

Crone
May 221 min read
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Hello stranger!
A rare treat to see a squirrel these days. That seems to be the only one and her visits are rare. They might get more frequent as I think...

Crone
May 211 min read
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Waves or webs
You've heard all about the wave or particle debate, now how's about the wave or web discussion? The wave might suggest metaphors of...

Crone
May 201 min read
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The light and the dark
Good news that the Blackbird Child is still around. At one point, the two parents were eating at the feeders on either side of me. The...

Crone
May 191 min read
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Rook on the shore
As ever, I have spent a lot of time at the Reserve. Seeing Kairos and feeding birds, as well as the bat survey. The rooks are always...

Crone
May 182 min read
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Love heart
I think this is Mrs Tane who has been a little more visible. Usually, she does not stay so close... that is, IF this is Mrs... see that...

Crone
May 172 min read
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Keeping track
I was minding my own business by the back lilac when suddenly a two pairs of beating wings flapped and squawked at my head. The...

Crone
May 161 min read
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View from an oak
That squirrel is one of the people I saw from the ancient oak in the park across town. I was sitting with the oak in order to try to work...

Crone
May 154 min read
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Peak experience
OK, the duck was not the very best part of my day out with Leanne in the Peak District, but he was special. He seemed to be following us,...

Crone
May 141 min read
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