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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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The festival formerly known as the “Kate O’Brien weekend”
We dipped into a couple of events in Limerick for the now-branded “Limerick Literary Festival in honour of Kate O’Brien“. Presumably KOBstock was ruled out early in the marketing meetings. Everything’s a festival now, so […]
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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 […]
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Gardening season is upon us
We bought three bare-root fruit trees from Lidl the other week (€15 the lot), so thought we should probably try to plant them somewhere. This has proved a lot harder than you might think given […]
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Autumn on the bog
Despite the best efforts of a number of battling technologies, the blog has been resurrected. Here are some pictures of birds and trees – autumn is an excellent time of year on the bog.
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New camera installed
To keep an eye on one of the less-boggy fields, I installed a wireless camera up a tree. It’s solar powered, and reports to an outdoor access point that’s cunningly concealed somewhere else (actually quite […]
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It’s Baile an Bhuinneánaigh
A very weak attempt to hide the fact that I’m posting some more photos of Ballybunion. Sorry not sorry.