Category Archives: nature notes

Pigeon post

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Chris

I’m puzzled. (Yeah, I know that’s nothing new.) What really puzzles me though, is how I can go for years accepting something without question (e.g., cardboard milk cartons that splash your milk all over the table upon opening, incompetent Tory … Continue reading →

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Wot? No wrens?

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Chris

Just for the record, since April I haven’t heard even a single wren. Plenty of chaffinches and blackbirds and all the other usual birds. But no wrens. Is it just Lincoln’s South Park area or is there a shortage of … Continue reading →

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Cinnabar moth

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Chris

CC image courtesy of fras1977 on Flickr. Despite both of us suffering from the lurgy at the moment (sore throat, muscle fatigue etc) we still managed to drag ourselves into the garden this afternoon to do a spot of weeding; … Continue reading →

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House martins and swallows arrive. Spring is here.

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Chris

It’s official: spring is definitely here at last. True, the sycamore across the road (and every other tree besides) being fully in leaf should have given us a clue to that effect a couple of weeks ago. But today we … Continue reading →

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