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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...
Sylvia Meller
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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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...
Sylvia Meller
Nov 11, 20231 min read
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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...
Sylvia Meller
Nov 7, 20231 min read
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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...
Sylvia Meller
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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The Little Owls and their littler owlets, Part 3
The owlets are growing fast , running up and down the rain gutter and starting exercising their wings while the adults are trying to keep...
Sylvia Meller
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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The Little Owls and their littler owlets, Part 2
The Little Owls are busy feeding their chicks. But how many are there? Just one or two or possibly more ;-) Love how sleepy one looks...
Sylvia Meller
Oct 15, 20231 min read
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Long Winged Cone head , Conocephalus fuscus, laying eggs
While out on a beach walk I found a Long Winged Cone-head , Conocephalus fuscus, female laying eggs into a dead plant stem. This is why...
Sylvia Meller
Oct 8, 20231 min read
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Yellow stainer, Agaricus xanthodermus
This time of year a lot of mushrooms are popping up, some edible, some poisonous. A lot of people know the tasty Field or Horse...
Sylvia Meller
Oct 8, 20231 min read
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The Little Owls and their littler owlets , Part 1
A 4-part series about the Little Owls and their owlets .
Sylvia Meller
Oct 8, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her Beaver Family, 2022, Part 9
With the tasty bark and the still fresh leaves of the poplar tree in the river the whole family comes for a feast, even shy Mr Bob...
Sylvia Meller
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her Beaver Family, 2023, Part 8
Some more from last years adventures of Mrs Bob , the beaver mum and her family. The poplar tree that came down in the river was a...
Sylvia Meller
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her Beaver family , 2022 , Part 7
The beaver family around Mrs Bob had been nibbling on a big poplar tree for a while and in a heavy storm the tree finally went over and...
Sylvia Meller
Jul 15, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her beaver family 2022, Part 6
Springtime means lots of fresh green and the beavers are making the most of it. This episode is in honour of the best ever beaver - at...
Sylvia Meller
Jun 17, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her beaver family 2022, Part 5
The beaver family around Mrs Bob is now in full beaver springtime mode: feeding, grooming, feeding, playfighting and more feeding.
Sylvia Meller
May 10, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her beaver family 2022, Part 4
The tree that washed up close to the lodge is still providing a lot of fresh bark , especially for the juvenile beavers who prefer to...
Sylvia Meller
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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Little owls mating
Such an amazing experience to not just see the Little owls, Athene noctua, but also be able to watch them mate! And hear them calling....
Sylvia Meller
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her beaver family 2022, Part 3
A late winter storm has brought down a big tree beginning of April quite close to the lodge of Mrs Bob and her beaver family. Lots of...
Sylvia Meller
Mar 11, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her Beaver Family, 2022 , Part 2
More of the yearlings from Mrs Bob's beaver family. End of March and two of the youngsters are out at their usual feeding spot, filling...
Sylvia Meller
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her Beaver Family, 2022 , Part 1
Another year of the adventures of Mrs Bob and her beaver family. In February 2022 the family has moved further upstream. The cold...
Sylvia Meller
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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Mrs Bob and her Beaver family, Part 16, Christmas 2021
Merry Christmas from the beaver family around Mrs Bob! The river is quite high due to recent rain but the current is not too strong and...
Sylvia Meller
Dec 25, 20221 min read
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