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Local ants keeping themselves busy...
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Robins nesting in my shed

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hmmm tapatalk made that a bit bigger than I had hoped

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What species are these chicks?

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Lower Lough Erne taken during G8.
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Ironfist wrote:What species are these chicks?
the clue is in "Robins nesting in my shed" :wink:

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Nice photo btw

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Snail resting before having another go at my sweet peas.
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sted wrote:
Ironfist wrote:What species are these chicks?
the clue is in "Robins nesting in my shed" :wink:
:oops: :lol: Completely missed that...

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Ironfist wrote:
sted wrote:
Ironfist wrote:What species are these chicks?
the clue is in "Robins nesting in my shed" :wink:
:oops: :lol: Completely missed that...
It's the second clutch of chicks that I've found in the allotment shed this year,the first were in a slightly open drawer amongst some spanners and bolts. I opened the drawer unaware of what was in there (looking for porn) and one of the parents flew past my face, I thought it was a giant moth, and when I saw four little eggs in a nest I believed I had discovered a new species of mutant Lepidoptera.

i kept an eye on them for a few weeks, until they fledged (i figured out they were robins due to the crazy amount of attention they were getting from a pair of red breasted birds), but the babies seemed reluctant to leave the confines of the shed. I left the door propped open and made robin noises outside to try and tease them out but they seemed to like living in captivity. I was concerned because their parents were clearly trying to get them to leave home so they could have a bit of me time. So I fired up my petrol brush cutter and ran in commando style shouting yippee kyay muthahubbard. That did the trick. Locked the door and high fived the mother robin (in my mind).

I closed the drawer tight and thought my baby robin scaring days were over, only to find, 1 week later, a new nest on a shelf next to the drawer. Grrrrrrr.

I'd love to hear anyone else's shed related chick angst stories

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I'd love to hear anyone else's shed related chick angst stories
I'd love to but Mrs Sted reads FISO sometimes. :oops:

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jpk wrote: It's the second clutch of chicks that I've found in the allotment shed this year,the first were in a slightly open drawer amongst some spanners and bolts. I opened the drawer unaware of what was in there (looking for porn) (whatever gets you going mate :shock: :mrgreen: ) and one of the parents flew past my face, I thought it was a giant moth, and when I saw four little eggs in a nest I believed I had discovered a new species of mutant Lepidoptera.

i kept an eye on them for a few weeks, until they fledged (i figured out they were robins due to the crazy amount of attention they were getting from a pair of red breasted birds), but the babies seemed reluctant to leave the confines of the shed. I left the door propped open and made robin noises (Eww...) outside to try and tease them out but they seemed to like living in captivity. I was concerned because their parents were clearly trying to get them to leave home so they could have a bit of me time. So I fired up my petrol brush cutter and ran in commando style shouting yippee kyay muthahubbard. That did the trick. That's cruel! although you might inadvertently helped the parents... Locked the door and high fived the mother robin (in my mind).

I closed the drawer tight and thought my baby robin scaring days were over, only to find, 1 week later, a new nest on a shelf next to the drawer. Grrrrrrr. :? You're very lucky, both nature wise and as Robins are considered a good luck omen.

I'd love to hear anyone else's shed related chick angst stories
Well, not so much chick angst, rather a simple rescue mission when I discovered someone nicked this turtle from its natural habitat in the Jordan River and kept her as a pet. She had several homes, none of them too professional and no one could be bothered returning her to her natural home. We named her Angelina and kept her for a couple of months until and Israeli Turtle Rescue Center made the arrangements for her rehabilitation :roll: These are dangerous animals as they are naturally home to huge quantities of Salmonella bacteria.
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This is the terrarium I built for Angelina... she was quite happy in it and regained both weight and vibrant colours with decent food and environs. She was about 20cm long and ate both dried pellets and fresh fish.
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Robins flew away this evening and left me a present



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Great thread, here's my attempt

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Wow... beautiful. Shame you docked its tail...

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1st time using tapatalk, is it better to upload as "image" or "attachment" as image has been drastically reduced


I've got some more with tail at different angles

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The Highs and the Lows...

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Here's a couple more
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That last one is the best one and incredible. :)

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Came across this cute little Stoat today whilst walking at Devon Wildlife Trust's Meeth Quarry. He ran out about 10 paces in front of me, stopped and got up on his hind legs to get a good look at me before nipping back into the bushes for a few seconds. He then came out again and sat in front of me for about 30 seconds trying to work out if I was a danger before finally running off.
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One of my relatives is pretty good

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It rained last night... start of winter I guess, though it's still 30 degrees Celsius today... however, this morning with the wet ground it was perfect snail weather and while walking the dogs I came across this mass orgy of Garden Snails (Helix Aspersa) in the midst of the Pecan orchard outside my house. I probably missed the Love Dart shooting scene hours earlier, which is an incredible sight in itself, but the snails caught doing the naughty made a great picture too.

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(most) Snails are hermaphrodite, producing both male and female gametes and during a mating session of several hours, two snails exchange sperm as you can see in the picture.
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eeewwww

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Here's a tiny flower resting against my fingers. Only providing the fingers as a background allowed the camera to be able to focus on the flower, as without them, the focus was drawn further away (as I didn't pick it and it was waving in the breeze). I don't know it's name but there's plenty of them around...

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