Fairy, fantastic pictures of feeding time! By the sound of things the same thing is going on in the garden here, but it's raining do I'm joining Chicky in a jolly good sort out kind of day! Step wombles big day is July the 13 next year 😀 in Petworth, Sussex Chicky, can't believe she's old enough! But I suppose if she's a teacher she must be....feels like only yesterday we taught her to roller skate!!
Fussy beggars Obs. I've heard some people find that though - they can be picky. My sister had the same issue with the little suet pellets, fro ground feeding or adding to mixes. Her friend [who had recommended them] said to leave them and they'll eventually eat them. It had been the same in her garden. Maybe as it gets colder they'll realise it's free food. I found mine preferred the fat blocks with fruity fillings, but they seem to be eating the fat balls I bought recently which have seeds and insects in them.
Dove - I bought a small centaurea recently, so maybe that will be useful in future. I've been admiring a neighbour's rudbeckia too, so perhaps will get one of those next year Brightening up now - so off to play outside. Can't sit about all day with you lot you know....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Morning all. Miserable but not too awful out. Going to a craft fair and fundraiser for the local Hospice now - it’s in a hotel, so opportunity for a cuppa by the lovely open fire I hope. Have a smashing Sunday all.
Busting in again @Hostafan1 'cos I finally found the photo! I guess you are still feeding the five thousand but thought I'd post this before I have to go and be a Nanny. My eldest daughter on Grandad Braund's donkey c 1982 (youngest wouldn't go near) opposite my Aunt's house in Clovelly.
Have you had to go back there yet?
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
My friend has just come back from Devon and she says the beach(Dawlish I think) had a sign on it. Help yourself to seaweed. Washed up stuff is going to die and rot. It is not sustainable to keep cutting it off rocks, but if a storm has washed it up it is not a problem. Springtails like to feed on it, but as long as the beach is not completely cleared it is not a problem. Even if tourist beaches are cleared completely, springtails are not an endangered species and there are plenty of places for them to feed undisturbed.
pundoc hubby who has never even had a sore arm, didnt feel well after his jab, being as I am having the over 65 one, and we were meant to be going out, local pharmisist says often side effects, elected not to have one Friday. Unfortunately, us "common people" dont have any say in all things royal. I read that Eugenie pays a "peppercorn" rent for her apartment in Buck Palace. Is it her sister who has 100 holidays a year. Amused by the wedding photos in the papers, proves money doesnt buy style. I was always led to believe you dont wear white or black to a wedding,plenty did, some of the weird clothing, one looked like the funeral dirctor, complete with top hat, some were wearing grannies curtains, one was wearing a bright pink shower curtain.
Most of the land between high tide line and low tide line (The foreshore) is owned by the Crown estates. Commercial collection requires a licence. Taking seaweed for personal use is allowed without a licence.
From their website.
The Crown Estate licenses sustainable, commercial
harvesting of seaweed from areas of foreshore and seabed within our
ownership.
Commercial harvesting of seaweed from areas of Crown Estate foreshore
or seabed requires a licence from The Crown Estate. This helps to
ensure the practice is managed sustainably and with the approval of the
relevant natural heritage authority, i.e. Natural England, Natural
Resources Wales or The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural
Affairs in Northern Ireland.
Seaweed collection for personal use, in small qualities does not
require a licence. However, we would recommend that anyone doing so
takes account of the environmental sensitivities of collecting anything
from the wild.
The Crown Estate does not licence harvesting of natural seaweeds in designated conservation areas.
Back in and catching up with you all while the 'turkey' bolognese cooks... Not sure I have quite the right smiley for that I did a wee bit of searching about the seaweed too fidget, and it seems as long as you're not going in there on an industrial scale with trucks and machines, it's ok, pretty much everywhere. A question of checking and getting permission from the landowners if necessary. The Scottish site I found was also mentioning that commercial harvesting is increasing, and there's also growing interest in creating bio fuels with it, which is surely a good thing. How about 'plastic' bags made with it? Biodegradeable? Food for thought, if you'll pardon the, almost, pun. Glad you've had a restful day BL, although maybe not so calm with the rough weather. Stops you feeling too guilty though I prefer the dry rain too Dove Bits and bobs done outside, plants planted, and more birdwatching. Glorious day here, much needed after this week's almost constant rain. Very pleasant in the sun, although fleece still required. Topped off nicely with lovely Johnnie Walker playing tracks from the 3 top selling albums of the 70s, which I missed yesterday. No matter how often I hear it, and it's thousands of times, Bridge Over Troubled Water makes me cry. What a song.
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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My sister had the same issue with the little suet pellets, fro ground feeding or adding to mixes. Her friend [who had recommended them] said to leave them and they'll eventually eat them. It had been the same in her garden. Maybe as it gets colder they'll realise it's free food. I found mine preferred the fat blocks with fruity fillings, but they seem to be eating the fat balls I bought recently which have seeds and insects in them.
Dove - I bought a small centaurea recently, so maybe that will be useful in future. I've been admiring a neighbour's rudbeckia too, so perhaps will get one of those next year
Brightening up now - so off to play outside.
Can't sit about all day with you lot you know....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Have a smashing Sunday all.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have you had to go back there yet?
From their website.
The Crown Estate licenses sustainable, commercial harvesting of seaweed from areas of foreshore and seabed within our ownership.
Commercial harvesting of seaweed from areas of Crown Estate foreshore or seabed requires a licence from The Crown Estate. This helps to ensure the practice is managed sustainably and with the approval of the relevant natural heritage authority, i.e. Natural England, Natural Resources Wales or The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.
Seaweed collection for personal use, in small qualities does not require a licence. However, we would recommend that anyone doing so takes account of the environmental sensitivities of collecting anything from the wild.
The Crown Estate does not licence harvesting of natural seaweeds in designated conservation areas.
No Internet for most of the day. Howling gale out there now.
Have been having a quiet restful Sunday, not sure where the day has gone. Watched a bit of TV. OH is still bunged up. Coughing too.
Lovely bird photos, Fairy.
Happy anniversary, Chicky.
Not sure I have quite the right smiley for that
I did a wee bit of searching about the seaweed too fidget, and it seems as long as you're not going in there on an industrial scale with trucks and machines, it's ok, pretty much everywhere. A question of checking and getting permission from the landowners if necessary. The Scottish site I found was also mentioning that commercial harvesting is increasing, and there's also growing interest in creating bio fuels with it, which is surely a good thing. How about 'plastic' bags made with it? Biodegradeable? Food for thought, if you'll pardon the, almost, pun.
Glad you've had a restful day BL, although maybe not so calm with the rough weather. Stops you feeling too guilty though
I prefer the dry rain too Dove
Bits and bobs done outside, plants planted, and more birdwatching. Glorious day here, much needed after this week's almost constant rain. Very pleasant in the sun, although fleece still required. Topped off nicely with lovely Johnnie Walker playing tracks from the 3 top selling albums of the 70s, which I missed yesterday. No matter how often I hear it, and it's thousands of times, Bridge Over Troubled Water makes me cry. What a song.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...