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The cast of characters
Obviously lockdown is taking its toll, and we have started naming the wildlife in lieu of having pets or any other human contact. We’ve covered young Kenny Leveret before: There’s also a small bird that […]
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Sunset pics
Went out to the top of the drive with a long lens (Fuji 50-230mm) and a very short one (Samyang 12mm fisheye) around sunset.
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A frosty reception
The weather got very cold again – walking on the bog, the sphagnum moss crunched underfoot, unlike its usual squelchy/springy response. The light was exceptionally bright though – the first field benefitted from it a […]
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Good day, sunshine
There is plenty of mud on the ground, which is business as usual, but at least we can be out getting some fresh air and a hint of daylight.
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Back to the bog
After the total non-event of Saint Patrick’s Day, we head up to the house on the bog to see how things are going. It turns out that things are going pretty well, apart from the […]
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Apocalypse when?
Obviously horsemen (or women) of any kind are not to be welcomed, but it seems like some of the classic ones are very busy visiting people right now. We’ve been on the receiving end of […]
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Missed the badger by a gnat’s nadger
As soon as we went, and of course after I’d relocated badgercam elsewhere, the badger returned. And they wonder why people gas them. End of.
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This aug[e|u]rs well
They said it couldn’t be done, but they were wrong. The drilling device / soothsaying blog post title was just waiting to be published, albeit messily. We’d bought a load of daffodil bulbs a few […]
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Everything But The Badger
Not, disappointingly, a band specialising in covers of songs by the Hull-based sophisti-pop duo fronted by Tracey Thorn, performed by someone looking like the frizzy-haired brock-loving guitarist from Queen, but an update on the wildlife […]
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Badger watch
Last night a badger was caught on one of the security cameras bustling off into the undergrowth down the side of the driveway/track/ditch. The weather has been brutal here for a number of weeks, punishing […]