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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    They weren't neighbours, LB. They were strangers who ring up and ask you to give your bank card details using some plausible persuasive reason. The neighbours have helped her.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    LB, oh I thought they were turtle doves, definitely not pigeon( sorry, can't stand  like them) and not collared doves( we do have them visiting the garden but they are much bigger. This is what is here, two of them, they were down in the garden today....


    Mr Google says they are turtle doves. Hmmmmm....will have to investigate further.🤔

    On our drive out today we got hit with the low sun,,flickering in  between the trees and nearly blinding us.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Aaah Busy, sorry, I misunderstood your post when you said 'neighbours took her meals' I read it incorrectly. Now I understand.
    Ante, don't be doing too much too soon after such a long time of inactivity due to the poor weather. You have got a long season ahead of you.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Those are collared doves Hazel. Turtle doves are much smaller and they migrate. They are extremely rare and are on the endangered species list. This is a turtle dove
    Turtle dove

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    edited January 2023
    Here is a link to the RSPB site where you can see all about turtle doves
    There is a nice little video there too.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Evening all,

    Sounds like a good afternoon having a thorough mooch round the GC, @Songbird-2 I'll probably do something similar this week but will try and avoid buying any more plants. Getting the ones I have in the ground should come first!

    Good to know that plastic re-cycling is getting so innovative. A complete cessation of plastic production should be the ultimate step but will never happen, unfortunately.

    I watched the Manchester derby in a pub that I'd never been in before. Thoroughly enjoyed the result but felt odd being in a pub on a Saturday afternoon. Spent my life running around muddy fields during daylight weekend hours :D 
    East Lancs
  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    You're right LB. Have just looked again on line and there were two pictures together with the wording....turtle doves...underneath them. Upon looking further it states our ones are the collared ones. I did see the turtle dove too.I'm quite disappointed now.. @biglad, that's a nice change for you though, relaxing instead of flying about.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Just be glad Hazel. If they had been turtle doves you and your OH would have been inundated with hundreds of twitchers ( Ante means bird watchers who are obsessed about spotting rare birds and who will travel miles to see one) wanting to take loads of pictures.
    @Biglad - a pub you have never been in???? Don't tell me you have been booted out of all the others? Only joking. Do you find that you disagree with some of the decisions being made when you watch big matches?
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • LB I also found a single snowdrop.  Rainy day today.  Pottering in the fternoon.  Light tea, Lilys tv sorted and relaxing on the bed with my furry friend.  Hazel I have a jumper made from recycled bottles but I hand wash in. Cool water.  Debs enjoy your wine and relax this eeekrnd.  Ante hope you and yours are all okay.  Biglad I hope your not nodding off in your chair tonight.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Evening Rosie. I too have a fleece I wear when I work in the garden that is made out of recycled plastic bottles and several of my shopping bags from 'sco are also made from them. Very clever technology and I have to say that the fleece is beautifully warm, soft and snuggly. I am not even thinking about Lily's TV at the moment, just looking forward to a dry day! 
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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