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1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said:

Cant believe that the idiots are doing any work now when  there's still nesting birds about. 

Yes mate. Around 3 days they were there. Luckily the bluetit family fledged, they were next to the KF. The M56 tunnel, a 100 yards from the KF site, is the home to another brood of grey wagtails. I think its the same as earlier in the spring as its on the opposite side of the tunnel as earlier so theres still plenty going on.

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2 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Just entered the maximum of three photos into the BBC country file calendar competition . Not expecting any response but you can't win  if you don't enter . 

 

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Oh I just love Puffins❤️
 

Enormous luck with the BBC Calendar Ste. 🤞

27 minutes ago, Davenpete said:

Another sundown in Kirkbride...

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That is stunning Dave 👍

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4 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Ali  for the good wishes

Puffins 

And a lovely swans heart Just for you X

 

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Oh my goodness they’re stunning Ste ❤️
 

I’m going aww, aww, aww at the Puffins. They’re funny little birds. I only got to see one in real life about 3 years ago at Bempton near Bridlington. 
 

The Swan picture is lush ❤️ Dopey me didn’t realise until recently that Swans are mates for life unless of course one comes to harm and dies, & then the other has been known to die of a broken heart 💔 

Cheers for the fab photos Ste 👍x

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32 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Well I'm finally getting out tomorrow visiting a couple of nature reserves for the first time since March.  Barn owls, Sedge Warblers possibly water voles at one and waders at the other, tide dependant. 4 am start.  

Looking forward to the photos 👍

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Camping at the weekend over Settle way. Friday night and most of Saturday windy and rainy, bloody typical!

Saturday night the weather cleared and we were gifted this.

 

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On 20/07/2020 at 11:21, Steve Lane said:

Camping at the weekend over Settle way. Friday night and most of Saturday windy and rainy, bloody typical!

Saturday night the weather cleared and we were gifted this.

 

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Camping in Cornwall next week.  Can’t wait !!

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5 minutes ago, Tattoodave said:

Just found out why I should always have a camera to hand, I'm back in Spain and just had a juvenile turtle dove on the balcony, first youngster I've ever seen, the adults aren't too common either.  Sadly, my camera is in the UK.

Never seen either Adult or Juvenile Dave, extremely rare as you know.

Didnt you think to use your mobile mate

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1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said:

Never seen either Adult or Juvenile Dave, extremely rare as you know.

Didnt you think to use your mobile mate

It was gone in a jiffy, as I feed the birds it may come back.  I've only seen a handful of adults in the last 8 years

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10 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Comet Neowise over Manchester at 1am .

Wish i could have got out in the countryside and featured some buildings or mountains in the picture but a once in a lifetime opportunity had to be taken 

 

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Brilliant Steve👍 Seen some great photos of the comet over Wales with the mountains and lakes 

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10 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Comet Neowise over Manchester at 1am .

Wish i could have got out in the countryside and featured some buildings or mountains in the picture but a once in a lifetime opportunity had to be taken 

 

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That’s excellent do you use special equipment to get these shots ?

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33 minutes ago, Dylan said:

That’s excellent do you use special equipment to get these shots ?

Thanks Dylan.  Really appreciated.  I used my normal camera Canon 7d mk2   with a 70mm -200mm f2.8 lens. And a tripod for the comet picture

for the wildlife I generally use a bit more of a specialist lens  500mm f4.  

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3 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Had to share this amazing photograph taken by a guy called Mithun H, in one of the national parks of India   he specialises in tracking big cats and has spent four years watching this panther and leopard pair . It took six days following the cats to get this particular one.  Say again this is special 

 

Fantastic picture 👍

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11 minutes ago, Dylan said:

russ we’ve had loads of beans from the garden but so far only ONE tomato.  Good fun all the same.

 

We had a go at growing tomato plants from tomato slices and it's worked perfectly. We've got two very healthy plants, both with a good amount of fruit that's just starting to take on colour.

We did the same with spring onions and lettuce: you cut off the last inch of the spring onion - complete with root - and just plant it. From that grows another one. Similarly with lettuce, you cut off the end nub, plant it and up grows more lettuce.

 

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41 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

We had a go at growing tomato plants from tomato slices and it's worked perfectly. We've got two very healthy plants, both with a good amount of fruit that's just starting to take on colour.

We did the same with spring onions and lettuce: you cut off the last inch of the spring onion - complete with root - and just plant it. From that grows another one. Similarly with lettuce, you cut off the end nub, plant it and up grows more lettuce.

 

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I usually do well with tomatoes but it was an after thought this year as I’ve been buying plants that will hopefully flower year on year.

 

this is a little project that I believe may take 3 to 5 years to produce its first flower.  A bird of paradise.

 

 

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3 hours ago, Dylan said:

I usually do well with tomatoes but it was an after thought this year as I’ve been buying plants that will hopefully flower year on year.

 

this is a little project that I believe may take 3 to 5 years to produce its first flower.  A bird of paradise.

 

 

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I'll give you a little clue, don't pot it on when the pot is full of roots, they flower better under stress.  Needs lots of sunshine too.

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On 29/07/2020 at 15:20, Amsterdam Russ said:

We had a go at growing tomato plants from tomato slices and it's worked perfectly. We've got two very healthy plants, both with a good amount of fruit that's just starting to take on colour.

We did the same with spring onions and lettuce: you cut off the last inch of the spring onion - complete with root - and just plant it. From that grows another one. Similarly with lettuce, you cut off the end nub, plant it and up grows more lettuce.

 

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You should try it with roaches out of the ash tray. Dx

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4 minutes ago, Lozzer66 said:

Not sure that this fits the 'great photo' category, but the little thing is sheltering from the rain on my open window. Anyone know the species ? 

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Speckled Wood, you're lucky it's one of the three or four that I know

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