I've not seen one before Phil.

I've just seen a Goshawk going through the trees by the river at the side of the house

how she loves Dee and the dogs at the end

Forgotten who it was gave her the t shirt has she?

Is having the bolts done up a separate raffle prize?

Easier to get int' car.

I've just loosly assembled the kit form Pugsley that someone will be taking home from the WRT

Bring suncream buy ice cream

Exped dry bags and a few other bits that might be of interest.

https://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/coll ... ers?page=1

The first Swallows arrived back at the Towers yesterday .... and the first midges today.

How about an owl box Shaf?

Doesn't Drax get most of its wood pellets shipped over from Canada on horribly polluting bulk carriers because we can't produce anything like enough wood cheaply enough?

Possibly Paul sounds stupid enough to be true

Still something of a misnomer though - as an example, they cut thousands of tonnes of wood from the forest here and transported it to Drax where it was burnt to produce electricity. On paper, that is seen as 'Green' because in theory it's sustainable. I'm pretty sure most of us would question just h...

I could not disagree more, its a genuine attempt to have renewable energy that addds less ( billions of tons ) CO2 than gas or coal generation. Its not just a tick box Changing to electric cars and reducing electricity is not an achievable goal. My point John, is that all energy production produces...

This is always a difficult one isn't it ... but here's a few thoughts. None of this has anything to do with saving the planet. There's a big difference between 'saving the planet' and 'saving ourselves' ... one would require the wholesale removal of us as a species and the other is quite laughable g...

Truly sad how one thoughless / careless act can have such an impact.

Won't 99% simply be produced in the Far-East anyway?

Sorry to hear that John, that sounds especially painful.

First Cuckoo of the year in the forest. Seems a bit earlier than usual but always a welcome sound ... until Aug when I wish they'd just shut up for a bit.

What did the Forestry people say about the nest Stu ? They were unable to find it at first, so I went and taped off a good area round it and marked the tree in question too. I believe they came again to look yesterday with an expert of some sort but not heard anything yet (I'd got an mot booked or ...

It's a typo Paul - Dee's ont' case.

this would be tempting if it was a bit further north

Why? It's a tin shed you'll likely not be able to do much with.

Told you Stuart hates me

It's not me, it's everyone else ... can you imagine the disappointment I'd have to fend off, if you won

its going to be john isnt it

i doubt it.

Someone will hopefully be going home with a Surly Pugsley and as entries are lower than usual this year, it could be you.

Hope you manage to get the felling stopped in time, i'm sure it'll make lots of people happy... :-bd I've got the forestry coming this morning and I'm glad to say, they seem to be taking it seriously. Sounds like they'll implement an exclusion zone around the nest. Last year they nested in my barn ...

I stumbled across a Pine Marten nest int' forest this afternoon with new kits in (you hear them making weird squeaking noises) trouble is it's only 100yds from current felling operations and directly in the flightpath ... guess I'll be upsetting someone tomorrow then, oh well