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  • RaspberryKillerRaspberryKiller Posts: 156
    edited August 2018
    Papi Jo said:
    Papi Jo said:
    A TV addict turtle dove has made its "nest" on my neighbour's TV aerial. You can hardly call it a nest, just a few twigs put together, but you can spot some flowers on the right in the close-up, for decorative purposes. ;)

    It's been sitting there for quite a few days, in the heat, while I keep to the shade.


    I'm sorry to report that the turtle dove has decided to give up on its Tv aerial nest, and has moved away!
    He was probably getting a 'poor reception' from the homeowners  :#
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bump

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    We once visited a palace in India where a pigeon had made a nest in a crystal chandelier.
    Devon.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    edited August 2018
    RaspberryKiller said:
    Sheps said:
    I posted these on PJ's Insect thread, but I thought I'd share them here too.







    And a new shot, not featured on PJ's thread, of a Cinnamon Bug.


    Excellent. What kind of lens? Been thinking of getting a lens for macro stuff for my old Canon 40D.
    Hi @RaspberryKiller ...pleased you like them.

    The lens used was a Canon 100mm f2.8 USM Macro with a Raynox 150 attached.
  • dave125dave125 Posts: 178
    Papi Jo
    Very unusual nesting site but I'm afraid it was the much more common Collared Dove and not a Turtle Dove.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Turtle Dove in Norfolk, have posted this before.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    We don't have the large variety of wildlife here that most of you enjoy, so this is the best I can offer at the moment.  We love the hogs and have up to 5  during the evening and the cat (Percy) is reasonably well behaved most of the time.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Percy looks like he already touched the spikes. :D
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    This little guy was in the school playing field this afternoon probably the first rain he /she has ever seen
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's lovely GD - and he/they clearly enjoy the hospitality. Do you have very few neighbours round you? Nice when you can get them all to yourself  ;)
    Very cute Hhog. Until they get in your garden and eat everything!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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