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Logging on to AB today

Had problems logging in today- the login page came up blank and just sat there and sulked for ages. Eventually after a cuple of hours of trying I kept refreshing the login page and it finally went to...
11:48 Fri 04th Dec 20091 answer, last by AB Editor 12:56 Fri 04th Dec 2009
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Ladybirds

Anyone else got ladybirds going through metamorphosis? Our hazel tree is covered with them- at all stages- the black and orange larval stage fastens itself to the leaf with a ticky thread. It starts...
13:21 Fri 24th Jul 20093 answers, last by shaneystar2 16:33 Mon 27th Jul 2009
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lunch-which comes first??

So, a dilemma today- for lunch I had a chicken sandwich and a pickled egg............... which one DO you eat first?
14:31 Mon 06th Jul 2009
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lunch-which comes first??

So, a dilemma today- for lunch I had a chicken sandwich and a pickled egg............... which one DO you eat first?
14:31 Mon 06th Jul 20097 answers, last by vibrasphere 16:54 Mon 06th Jul 2009
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Are the swifts back in your area yet?

Ours arrived yesterday (4th May) in Bedfordshire- the same day as last year and the one before that. Regular as clockwork they are! Proably about the same time as day as well! Watching for them to...
16:19 Tue 05th May 20095 answers, last by Robinia 10:22 Sat 09th May 2009
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Company rights to check your Driving Licence

As a company car driver I am used to providing a copy of my licence every twelve months. However the company is now utilising a third party company to do do whatever checks with DVLA every year. Of...
20:48 Wed 18th Feb 20092 answers, last by Ethel 22:51 Wed 18th Feb 2009
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Snowflakes

Is it snowing where you are? Odd snow this- not good for rolling but have you looked at the flakes? I have never seen such perfect snow crystals- go on- stick an arm outside and look at the ones than...
15:13 Mon 02nd Feb 20092 answers, last by meatismurder 00:19 Tue 03rd Feb 2009
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career

anyone got any idea why this should have two completely different meanings? ie career as in a steady work progression, and at the other end of the scale career as in swerving wildly.
21:26 Fri 24th Oct 20087 answers, last by burnhal 17:06 Sun 26th Oct 2008
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WHats happening in your neck of the woods?

Just back from two weeks in SW Ireland- wild camping, canoeing etc. Not so many bird species there but never seen so many pied wagtails and song thrushes. Spent a lot of evenings playing with my new...
21:44 Thu 07th Aug 20083 answers, last by yogasun 09:40 Mon 11th Aug 2008
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Nature thread- must be time for another one

Hows it going out there? Getting on to the quiet time of the year bird wise with lots of skulking and moulting about to start. Was on the reserve on Saturday- a busy day. Small mammal trapping course...
20:50 Sun 22nd Jun 200811 answers, last by Kleiber 20:51 Tue 24th Jun 2008
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For once I am stumped!!

Hi all nature people. Here's a puzzle for you. At the weekend I was camping and a very large willow shed a very large bough nearby- 30 foot long and a couple of feet in diameter- one helluva crash!...
20:52 Wed 28th May 200810 answers, last by alfieblue 11:53 Thu 29th May 2008
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Clergymen defrocked

Saw this a wee while ago If clergymen get defrocked... do cowboys get deranged do news editors get depressed do bed makers get debunked do teachers get declassified can anyone add any more???
20:54 Fri 23rd May 200833 answers, last by Mary T 22:52 Fri 23rd May 2008
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New nature thread- anything interesting this weekend?

Thought it time to kick a new one off. Did my BTO tetrad (2km square) survey this morning. Nothing greatly out of the ordinary and its hard to count birds with the trees in full leaf! Plenty of the...
21:16 Sun 18th May 200836 answers, last by chappie 22:09 Tue 03rd Jun 2008
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Avocado Stone

I keep looking at the huge seed you get from avocados and thinking I ought to try planting one.Has anyone ever managed to germinate one of these? I know I could google but I much prefer real peoples...
13:52 Tue 13th May 20086 answers, last by sheribeee 22:29 Sat 17th May 2008
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How do you see nature close up?

Not really a question but a comment on the weekend trip. Yesterday was the first outing for the canadian canoe this year. Me and the missus did three miles on the Ivel from Biggleswade to Sandy and...
17:12 Mon 12th May 20087 answers, last by wolf63 01:11 Tue 13th May 2008
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Swifts back?

Same day as last year- May 4th! They are well at home now patrolling the skies over my bit of bedfordshire. Are yours back yet?
19:50 Mon 05th May 20086 answers, last by burnhal 16:15 Tue 06th May 2008
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Maximum speed

Here's a question I have occasionally pondered over for many years. What factors limit the top speed of a car. Take my diesel focus as an example. At 70mph in top gear the engine is churning along at...
17:50 Tue 15th Apr 20087 answers, last by dumbo1001000 04:18 Thu 17th Apr 2008
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Summer Visitors

ok all you birdie people. Hows the spring migration doing in your neck of the woods? On the reserve (near Oxford), we have had chiff-chaffs for about five weeks, swallows, house and sand martins have...
20:35 Mon 07th Apr 20086 answers, last by burnhal 08:33 Thu 10th Apr 2008
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How do you get rid of yours?

Answering a question in Environment has opened my eyes. We all think we are doing the environment a favour by bagging up the dogs poo and depositing it in tidily in one of the nice red bins- or taking...
16:28 Tue 18th Mar 20089 answers, last by Cakeboy 18:42 Thu 20th Mar 2008
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Brigend- why?

ok- the post down the page seemed to get some riled but it made me think. Why? What is going on in Brigend?Is the suicide rate much the same elsewhere but not noticed? Did all of them know each other?...
19:32 Thu 21st Feb 20083 answers, last by burnhal 20:11 Thu 21st Feb 2008

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