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| 1. Author: Parboiled Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 14:01 No…not sex education I got in school 65 years ago. Got a big garden; lots of flowers, fruits on bushes , bird bath yet all I’ve seen for quite a few days is a solitary robin. ( they like to be solitary btw and will battle any intruding robin to the death No hum of bees either, or even wasps. What’s going on? . Reply |
| 2. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 14:04 Have you seen the weather? Got to be the worst summer Ive seen in my 35 years……so far we’ve had 3 days of sunshine since the end of May - and spring was horrendous too. But climate change is a myth………. Reply |
| 3. Author: Parboiled Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 14:20 I was wondering if they have built in weather sensors so they knew it was coming and are hiding till it blows over! Reply |
| 4. Author: Parboiled Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 14:22 …or buggered off to drier climes! Reply |
| 5. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 15:02 Bees are dying out. You`re doing a great job having a nice big garden with lots of flowers and plants. Sadly, many gardens have been replaced with driveways and astro-turf grass. Similarly, enormous areas like Duloch have been built on. Not a criticism - people have to live somewhere. Reply |
| 6. Author: Parboiled Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 15:41 Well that’s a shame. Regarding the robin, they don’t migrate, so this is his patch all year round. Never actually seen it fighting an intruder, but read in a gardening column years ago where the guy found two of them locked in mortal combat rolling down his path! Reply |
| 7. Author: JTH123 Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 18:09 In our Duloch garden we get magpies, a pair of x rated pigeons, a robin, doves, up to 10 goldfinches at once, various varieties of tits, sparrows, blackies, finches, a gang of starlings, an occasional woodpecker as well as squirrels, sometimes 3 at once and an odd hedgehog. Post Edited (Tue 16 Jul 18:12) Reply |
| 8. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 18:47 The Duloch magpies are pricks. Constantly yacking. Reply |
| 9. Author: Tenruh Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 19:21 JTH123, Tue 16 Jul 18:09 What does hedgehog get up to ? Reply |
| 10. Author: buffy Date: Tue 16th Jul 2024. 19:55 I have pigeons, gulls, including wee babby ones, jackdaws, and magpies. Parboiled, my neighbour downstairs has just planted a mature buddleia and there’s lots of butterflies already around it. A big bumble bee landed on my window ledge yesterday morning so that’s encouraging. I do think the wild weather is to blame for their low numbers so far this year. I’m just waiting on a peacock 🦚 tottering about the garden here and I’d be chuffed to bits. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 11. Author: Parboiled Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024. 08:02 Yes we did also have some xrated pigeons a while back = a pair occasionally joined by another for a threesome. Ruddy insatiable. Reply |
| 12. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024. 08:33 We get all the same birds as you JTH123 .. the Goldfinch is a beautiful wee bird I have never seen a hedgehog for years .. not even a dead one on the road .. I think they must be in serious decline We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 13. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024. 08:48 Parboiled, Wed 17 Jul 08:02 I mind we took the wee one up to the Meadies a couple of months back and had front row seats to the ducks and swans mating seasons 😂 full blown fights and chases going on all over the loch. More worryingly there were elder gentlemen next to us that had no idea what was going on…..even my 3 year old was more cottoned on to it 😂 Reply |
| 14. Author: JTH123 Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024. 09:52 Parboiled, Wed 17 Jul 08:02 I wouldn`t mind but they insist on doing it on a balustrade right in front of the kitchen window. Reply |
| 15. Author: buffy Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024. 09:55 😂 The female pigeon in the garden here just keeps dodging the male. He’s no giving up though. Poor sod. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 16. Author: Andrew283 Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024. 21:10 I think I`ve seen 2 bees total this YEAR actually flying. Every other is dying on the ground. It`s going to be a serious problem trying to pollinate crops in future Reply |
| 17. Author: Buspasspar Date: Thu 18th Jul 2024. 20:55 We had a pigeon in the house last week .. walked in the back door .. through the scullery .. into the living room and perched on the tv Then chaos .. it managed to get behind the venetian blinds .. ornaments and pictures scattered .. sh1t every where .. I managed to get it out the front windae minus a few tail feathers .. and before ye start buffy they were the pigeons and no mine Post Edited (Fri 19 Jul 08:29) Reply |
| 18. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Thu 18th Jul 2024. 21:08 Buspasspar, Thu 18 Jul 20:55 Id rather a pigeon than a bat…..had 2 in the house last year thanks to the cats 🙄 not much carnage but f*ck me they were hard to deal with whilst still alive and kicking (well trying to bite) Reply |
| 19. Author: buffy Date: Thu 18th Jul 2024. 22:55 😂 ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 20. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 19th Jul 2024. 08:58 2 nights ago it was a ginger and white cat…..cornered my wee girl (cat) on the stairs (in our back patio 🙄) then proceeded to hiss and scratch at me as I tried to move it on! Thing is always on our window sills “speaking” to our two, but we reckon its feart of our male as it literally shakes when it faces him - and he’s the worlds biggest sh*tebag! Reply |