Sylvia Meller
Mrs Bob and her legacy, The beaver family 2023 , Part 5
April 2023. 2 months after Mrs Bob disappeared. The yearlings regularly come back to the big tree that has come down in the last storm...
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Sylvia Meller
Nov 51 min read
Mrs Bob and her legacy, The beaver family 2023 , Part 4
After the loss of Mrs Bob the beaver family has moved further downstream to what was usually the maternity lodge. The yearlings are...
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Sylvia Meller
Oct 91 min read
Mrs Bob and her legacy, The beaver family 2023 , Part 3
Last years youngsters are exploring the riverside, munching on ivy and bramble. What we didn't know when we were watching and filming the...
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Sylvia Meller
Sep 91 min read
Mrs Bob and her legacy, The beaver family 2023 , Part 2
It is still early in the year, the nights are long and cold. The beaver family is in their winter lodge quite close to the village....
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Sylvia Meller
Aug 111 min read
Mrs Bob and her legacy , The beaver family 2023 , Part 1
2023. It 's early in the year, beginning of February. The nights are long and cold but the beavers are out. Last years kits are now...
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Sylvia Meller
Jun 281 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family 2022 , Part 18
It is close to the end of the year, the nights are drawing in and it's getting quite cold. The beavers are spending lots of time making...
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Sylvia Meller
May 61 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family 2022, Part 17
End of July - beginning of August the beaver kits are finally coming out! Mrs Bob is letting them out mainly under the cover of darkness...
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Sylvia Meller
May 21 min read
Braconid wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae, emerging from Ladybird
The mature female wasp seeks out adult female ladybirds. One egg is planted in the host's soft underbelly. The wasp larva hatches after...
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Sylvia Meller
Apr 51 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family 2022 , Part 16
It is mid of July and finally Mrs Bob is letting her kits out. They are already quite big , she has kept them well hidden for a while....
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Sylvia Meller
Mar 91 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family, 2022 , Part 15
Its about a year ago that I saw Mrs Bob, the beaver mum, the last time before she disappeared. Still got lots of videos of hers from the...
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Sylvia Meller
Feb 141 min read
Waxwings in Poole , February 2024
2023-2024 was a rare waxwing winter in the UK, instead of staying in Scandinavia hundreds of Bohemian Waxwing , Bombycilla garrulus, came...
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Sylvia Meller
Jan 231 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family, 2022 , Part 14
Its middle of July and still no sign of this years kits. I am getting a bit worried. Though Mrs Bob clearly shows signs of lactating. She...
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Sylvia Meller
Jan 161 min read
Grey Plover murmuration
Grey plovers and other waders murmurating at a Somerset coast, being chased up by a Peregrine falcon. Listening to the calls of the birds...
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Sylvia Meller
Dec 27, 20231 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family , Part 13
With some young kits in the lodge Mrs Bob is looking for the best food around. And if that's growing right next to the foot path she will...
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Sylvia Meller
Dec 16, 20231 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver Family , 2022, Part 12
Beside stuffing her own belly with fresh willow leaves and bark, Mrs Bob is bringing lots of fresh green back to the lodge which...
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Sylvia Meller
Nov 30, 20231 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver Family , 2022, Part 11
It's mid of June when Mrs Bob showed us her belly with some clearly visible nipples. We got kits again! It will take a while until they...
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Sylvia Meller
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Funny fungi
Beside foraging for edible mushrooms we are always out looking for mushrooms and fungi and at the moment there are so many specil ones...
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Sylvia Meller
Nov 11, 20231 min read
Brook lamprey, Lampetra planeri - Ammocoetes and spawning adults
The young lampreys are blind filter feeders, feeding on detritus and other organic matter for three to five years before maturing. After...
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Sylvia Meller
Nov 7, 20231 min read
The Little Owls and their littler owlets , Part 4
The owlets are leaving the safety of their nest chamber under the roof more often, running up and down the gutter and training their...
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Sylvia Meller
Oct 26, 20231 min read
Mrs Bob and her Beaver family, 2022 , Part 10
While you won't find a beaver dam in the river , as the water level is high enough for them to swim safely, you might get a glimps of a...
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