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I have looked at clouds all my life starting back in primary school when we learned about the water cycle and “anvil shaped” storm clouds. We used to lie on our backs as little children and see the shapes in the clouds. That was mirrored a few years later…

Walking in Bristol, I heard magpies shouting and managed to get this footage of two magpies seeing off a cat. There’s at least two pairs of magpies locally nesting. A couple of days earlier the magpies had seen off a fox feeding in the garden.

There’s been several news stories published in the last week after a quiet spell. Journalists must be rising like the sap… (or it’s just become visible now the leaves are out after a cold period).

Carmathernshire:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south…

Well we finally replaced the pond-liner in the pond that we installed for newts and frogs and dragon-fly larvae. It’s not a large pond and the increasing number of leaks meant it dried out regularly. The increasing variability in the weather was going to…

We’ve got a group of foxes regularly visiting the garden. There’s a male and female and at least two yearling cubs. This is the male feeding – there’s also a female with a limp and an occasional visit from a very orangey/ginger fox that looks like it’s…

Defra/government update of  #ashdieback plans…   http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2012/12/06/government-strategy-ash-dieback/

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Con-men targeting elderly over #ashdieback   http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10078728.Conmen_cash_in_on_ash_tree_fears/

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Ray Mears fears for Kent ash trees…   http://www.yourcanterbury.co.uk/news/survival_expert_ray_mears_on_his_worries_for_kent_s_ash_trees_1_1721555 #ashdieback

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Leeds is planning to eat the contents of its flower beds…  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/nov/27/food-food-and-drink-leeds-horticulture-gardening-cities-urban-life

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A mixed picture of state of Danish ash trees, resistant trees… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/countryside/9653136/Ash-dieback-in-Denmark-shows-what-is-in-store-for-British-forests.html #ashdieback

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Fungicide as a management option for the spread of ash dieback…   http://www.hortweek.com/Arboriculture/article/1160908/Race-register-potential-ash-dieback-cure/

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Morgan sports cars use ash wood in their construction…    http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/local/10018918.Deadly_tree_fungus_will_not_affect_the_traditional_Morgan/ 

#ashdieback

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Maybe 2% of Danish ash trees are immune to disease…   http://www.publicsectorexecutive.com/News/2-of-danish-ash-trees-immune-to-dieback-fungus #ashdieback

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Ash tree dieback fungal paranoia propogates far faster than the disease…    http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/11/20/vancouvers-7000-ash-trees-facing-threat/

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These Jays arrived within five minutes of putting some loose peanuts on the bird table. Do they watch or can they smell them or does one send messages to another? I am sure that they do not message each other as that would be reducing the amount of food…

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