Mhairi

I live in the north of Scotland ,I keep chickens and ducks ,this is a new profile for a new start ,but I am hoping to find many of my old Mastodon friends as time goes on

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2024-10-11 13:29:26

I know many people have issues with hunting ,but deer have to be culled as they have no predators and here Sika have to be culled because they are interbreeding with reds and the gene pool is already badly damaged ,some places further south theres now only hybrids,While rabbits can cause a lot of damage both by eating stuff and digging holes r.So for those who dont have issues ,heres a brilliant fb group called Giving up the Game where hunters sell or sometimes give game to people directly

2024-10-10 16:40:35

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Highland cattle are mostly quite placid though and outside of the Rutt most deer even big stags run away ,not sure that those cattle will and Cattle are already the UK most dangerous animal .I think overall its a good idea but I do think people need to see theres going to be a lot of land off limits if it becomes common and its a perfect way for landowners to prevent access to what they want to feel is their own private land

2024-10-10 16:37:50

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Only just ,Tauros are the bullfighting bulls and in Spain we would see warnings about going in fields or going past fences where they were grazing ,its certainly going to be another blow to the right to roam ,which I am pretty sure is part of their attraction

2024-09-28 21:43:08

#Covid My daughter still has a slight cough but tested negativw twice and its been well over a fornight so it looks like I am not going to catch it,which is a miracle ,we did not just self isolate but I also stayed in seperate rooms and we masked up in shared spaces .I had a severe reaction to my first shot so I havent had any since ,it seems a literal miracle I didnt catch covid and I am in a vulnerable group ,I have asthma and a few other things

2024-09-26 14:52:57

#Greenwashing #Conservation #Scotland .
This is not about NIMBYS ,Companies inundate the area(most of which is now a UNESCO site) with inappropriate planning applications ,often on sites with deep peat ,rare birds ,mammals or archaeological sites Once a farms built they use that as an excuse to build anothe .Currently theres one planning application for one next to our salmon river :( .It will be above where the trees in the photos are if its approved
https://www.change.org/p/support-the-motion-on-major-energy-infrastructure-and-community-engagement?signed=true
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2024-09-25 21:23:56

# Cycling #Scotland #
She had a go at cyclists too What a difference a day makes... you might have seen the postings on this page and others about a MTB group ride at the weekend up to the loch in Carbisdale Woods, and the intimidating reception we got from the castle owner. ,,
,,re trails Then saw the forestry Land Commission bloke at the CP who asked if we got any jip, he assured us we were welcome to walk these paths and that he'd been up and ripped the gate down

2024-09-25 20:38:41

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But her plans have suffered several issues including a civil court case over unpaid bills for work at the site and a second case against also lodged by a law firm.
Now 250 locals have signed a petition calling on her to quit as the sole representative on the Ardgay and District Community council.(Its hardly ok for someone to be the entire decision maker for a commmunity she isnt a part of except by buying a castle ,she did of course get her forest this time) https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/tiny-highland-community-slam-millionaire-32685368

2024-09-25 13:51:24

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oh and apparently using a non existent title ,but theres some ill will about the castle because it used to be w youth hostel way back and some felt it could be turned into social housing ,there general frustration with places in the north being bought by rich folk who then treat everyone like rubbish.,but not her gender in general people here couldnt care less what gender you are ,here the FB page,the only person making a nasty comment got laid into by half a dozen people https://www.facebook.com/groups/626562098433728?locale=en_GB

2024-09-25 13:42:35

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Private ,no tressspassing type signs and been unpleasant to walkers. Shes not only ticked off locals shes ticked of right to roam campaigners and walking groups as you simply arent allowed to tell people to keep off your land or threaten to prosecute them for tresspass ,we dont have any such law.So thats been the main issue not her gender etc .I think shes been generally unpleasant in other ways but thats been the big feud

2024-09-25 13:39:42

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She put up private ,etc signs to warn people not to use the forestry trails ,which of course the forestry people took down .Forestry asked for local volunteers to help maintain the trails something they do here too ,locals turned up as they do ,she basically accused everyone of turning up with pitch forks to chase her out of town .As it wasnt on her land and forestry had requested help ,she got quite rightly ridiculed and forestry issued a statement to say it wasnt true .She has tried to put up

2024-09-25 13:37:02

#Scotland #TransRights #RightToRoam #Walking Anyone who has seen the report by the Carribisdale castle woman ,claiming the locals are transphobic ,its simply not true ,when the troubles started I dont think most people knew ,not until she started calling people names.She bought the castle assuming she could stop everyone using her land,but obviously Scotland has "the right to roam2 legislation so she cant ,yet it hasnt stopped her trying incluiding stopping people using a forestry trail

2024-09-24 22:03:11

#chickens #CuteAnimals I had to bring in a part hatched chick to revive it ,I always play them youtube videos of hens and chicks so they recognise the noises, this one was very keen on seeing it up close (its under a different broody now so its back with a hen)
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2024-09-24 00:48:02

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Why the council decided spending money on a garden officer was a good idea I do not know ,people store creels ,boats , and trailors and have polytunnels and cold frames and chicken coops because its a rural area .But on the other hand we mostly fix minor stuff ourselves and put up with lack of major repairs. Or we used to ,my list of repairs is going into the council this week and includes a new porch roof and wall as thr current one has holes and a land drain to sto[p the porch flooding

2024-09-24 00:08:45

Despite cancelling the countryside rangers ,the local council now has a "garden enforcement officer"she came around to check on an empty house then went up and down the hamlet making note, most of us who havent got pristine gardens with tightly mown lawns got extremely nasty but unspecific letters threatening us with "enforcement if we didnt put everything right without actually telling us what was wrong while someone else was phoned to say their van made the place look untidy and needed to go

2024-09-19 09:31:53

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Hi yes it was kilting wool so it didnt need hemming .it was the last part of a roll the local vintage shop had .I bought some Royal stuart as well so I could make a tiered dress.Theres a lot of layers on .A shift/chemise ,bloomers petticoat corset ,corset cover ,hoop skirt ,,probably I have on a little tie on "cushion" to tilt the hoop backwards a bit ,over that theres probably just a tulle /net petticoat because it needed need accuracy for the filming ,the cloaks pure wool vintage
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2024-09-18 23:00:49

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I have no idea why I am not ill yet ,We assume its b ecause she caught it earlier when she collected her car from the garage as thats the only time we have been out separately.Shes felt very unwell for a few days and stayed in ,but didnt get a cough so we didnt initially think of Covid I assumed it was flu ,butI was suspicous so she tested and did two tests both were positive ,shes nothing like as ill as she was with swine flu.Now waiting to see if I develope any symptoms ,

2024-09-18 22:55:03

#COVID19 #Covid #Scotland My daughter has covid 19 ,we live nr Lairg but dont socialise so we probably havent infected anyone else,we are both self quarantining.I dont have symptoms so far and luckily Becky is fully vaccinated ,I couldnt have the vaccines because after my first jab I got neurological issues and had to go to A and E for tests ,scan etc .So we are keeping to separate parts of the house, opening windows ,masking up inside and outside,I suppose we did well to manage 4 years :(

2024-09-15 12:06:52

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I agree I think I read its been many decades since London got sub zero winter temperatures over a decade since London got proper snow that hung around more than a day or two.So its has no concept of what a genuine winter is .The weather policies and heating etc allowances ought to be devolved to local authorities ,not just in the devolved nations but across the UK because the north of England gets winters worse than some parts of Scotland so using any central govt is useless

2024-09-15 10:25:21

#Birds #Winter #Scotland #Wildlife #Autumn
Our visiting swallows have left,our resident ones left a couple of weeks back,but we always get some temporary ones who must stop off on their journey south .And new robins have arrived this week ,Winters definitely on its way ,hurray :) ,though my two autumn broodys hatch their chicks this coming week so I foresee weeks of of kitchen dwelling chicks while we get chased around by their mums unless we get a faux summer
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2024-09-15 09:21:08

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Hi thank you ,thats are really helpful and enlightening .I am hugely concerned about the US elections and I think much of Europe and Scandinavia are ,most countries have made war plans including conscription ,rationing and potential air raid shelters etc.Many have issued information for citizens telling them to essentially prep ,keep in supplies of food ,torches ,water ,first aid stuff etc.The UKs war plan is 50 years old and hasnt been updated.The govts busy making itself rich

2024-09-14 23:07:14

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I really hope the US votes in Harris as Trump has the potential to not only destroy democracy in the US and cause misery there,but to also to set back any chance to make a significant difference to climate change if the US withdraws from agreements etc. While also managing to trigger WW3 as hes assured Putin he isnt interested in what he might do anywhere as long as he leaves the US alone.Once Nato is weakend by US lack of support or complete withdrawal theres nothing to stop Putin

2024-09-14 22:39:12

#costuming #History #Sewing #Costume #FancyDress
I had forgotten all about my cheats costume guides ,but as Halloween is coming I thought it might be useful to post some https://hathawaysofhaworth.wordpress.com/happy-new-year-everyone/inks
this is the main intro page that has links to various others ,victorian medieval ,regency .Tudor ,hats ,petticoats ,bonnets et The only required tools are below ,plus some cord for lacing or ribbon and if your making a headdress or little hat a cornflakes or wheetabix box box
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2024-09-14 13:09:49

#Fungi #Mushrooms #forests ,this was in a patch at the end of forestry
I was told this might be a deformation caused by diesel spills ,though also someone thought it might be from the mushroom meeting an obstacle and bending around it does anyone have any throughts ?
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2024-09-12 21:46:46

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I dont think its widely understood that parts of Scotland get well into sub zero temperatures frequently and winter starts earlier and lasts longer (,same goes for parts of Wales and Northern England though neither get the same very low temperatures as consistently as Scotland )

2024-09-12 21:34:48

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hi ,though here its evening and very cold ,it looks beautiful there

2024-09-12 09:43:22

#Scottish #Placenames does anyone know what Struie means ?

2024-09-11 07:50:05

Got my wee chicks and last hen back,but it meant a trip to Invergorden,we passed two turned over cars on the roadside,one on the A9 and one on the inland route north From the location both cars drivers had been speeding and lost control ,not suprised as we got people overtaking dangerously a few times and got tailed gated almost all the way home we no sooner pulled in for one than another appeared speeding up the road behind us.Its very scary on roads with deer we might have needed to brake for

2024-09-11 01:46:36

#Scotland #winter
https://www.glencoemountain.co.uk/webcams/
Glencoe had its first snows yesterday
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2024-09-10 11:55:18

#NC500 #Scotland #Tourism
we have now reached the stage here in the north ,where we have to put up signs asking people bag excrement and bin it ,,,AND not dog excrement ,but human excrement .Struie is a famous spot ,but this is happening everywhere ,every road however remote has at least one spot thats been used as a toilet :(
Its worth pointing out also public toilets here are free and theres a lot to reach Struie you will have passed at least one well marked loo
https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/do-not-use-this-area-as-a-toilet-plea-at-struie-hill-beaut-360557/
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2024-09-05 21:54:38

#Wales #ClimateChange
Pretty sure if this was a village in the south of England it wouldnt be in any danger of getting "decommissioned "
But theres plenty of places along the UK coast likely to be in a similar situation in the not too distant future ( .And I do wonder about the fate of the railway line from Wick to Inverness as a few stretches of that run almost level with the coast so theres most likely other railways around the UK also likely to be in trouble
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/artificial-reef-tidal-barrage-plan-26091970

2024-09-05 20:25:37

#Gaelic #Scotland
I wondered what the Scots Gaelic word for a female domestic living duck was (as opposed to a wild one or duck meat etc) and if Eireag is correct for hen ?

2024-09-05 20:15:56

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I will let you know how they get on

2024-09-05 08:28:08

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Yes exactly ,the black rocks with vent gleet that I bought to rescue them were in a run barely 3ft across and a few feet long with a cockeral and at least one and I think it was two or more hens just mud floor .So I am sure part of the problem was stress plus being over mated by the cockeral ,one might have been feather picked on her rump so I am hoping her feathers will grow back now

2024-09-04 10:09:39

I am feeling glum today ,I think I should have done better the past few weeks but I am not sure how ,so my favourite way of dealing with bad stuff by learning a life lesson and moving on ,wont work as the only lesson seems to be never trust friends .I have two broodies sitting so I am looking forward to their chicks,ones a new bird from the last plac and I am taking it as a sign all my birds even the new ones here have settled in and are happy which is cheering

2024-09-04 09:34:07

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I had saved up for the birds I got at her place for 18 months or so and the ones I rehomed here I gave away free as mini flocks to rehome the cockerals or I gave away all the remainng ones I couldnt keep to someone I knew had acres of land and loved birds so I took a huge financial hit and I am not really sure I could have done anything differently for the ones I had to leave and I am only really staying on contact with the people until I get my chicks,possibly the turkey back

2024-09-04 09:27:32

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but shes been a breeder for decades so I believed her ,she said growers pellets were just a con and she only fed her breeding birds them and only for a few weeks.I feel absolutly awful for believing it and loosing three chicks neeedlessly .So I really want by remaining chicks back asap ,I was going to risk taking them at the time I moved but its very likely that broody would have abandoed the others ,so I didnt see any option but leaving them until they were weaned

2024-09-04 09:24:50

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So thats how the dream ended :( .I am happy here again though I can let my birds wander around in the garden ,feed them as much as I want and I am not being supervised all the time .I lost most of my hand reared chicks I had been looking after before the move because I ran out of chick crumb shortly after I moved to the caravan and she insisted they would be fine on layers pellets and she fed her own growers that ,but of course they werent ,I bought chick crumb online later

2024-09-04 09:21:24

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I sacrificed those to cover the £200 for the birds being brought back as I couldnt think of anyway to transport ducks ad peacocks at a couple of hours notice .The other birds were all breeding pairs or trios so the cockerals would be impossible to have kept here anyway and they were all used to being in the tiny cage pens she has birds in and I know shes planning to sell those asap so I dont feel too bad leaving them as they will be rehomed soon anyway,but its sad still :(

2024-09-04 09:18:26

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But I am going to check on them now I have a potential space for them and see if its viable to bring them here ,they are just too big and he was harrassing hens so he cant come here until I can sort him a run ,plus his bumble foot wasnt treated and I think has become very bad .I wish I had been more forceful about insisting he was given a run and treated ,but he wasnt techincally my bird ,he was a gift and so I never really owned him ,or some birds I had paid for and had to leave

2024-09-04 09:15:37

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I will eventually be able to buy her back,theres nothing to be done after the others they are better at hers than killed here ,even with their wings clipped they can fly over 6ft fences .I left two poor turkeys behind a hen that had been injured before I got her and I had been hoping would recover but clearly wasnt going to and a male turkey that had been ok when I said I would have him ,but had to run with her birds,while I was away got bumble foot and looked unlikely to recover

2024-09-04 09:12:30

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I am going to increase my offer for an old hen I left behind upto £100 when I can afford it ,if she refuses that I will try £200 ,shes an old bantam auracuana I had given my so called friend because at the time I was told she would have a good indoor warm run and here is bitterly cold in winter and she had been struggling ,but clearly shes just going to spend her life in a puppy crate being over mated by a LF cockeral ,I feel awful about her fate,hopefully if she stops laying

2024-09-04 09:10:21

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back to having just a house garden in the hamlet so I had to make some tough choices especially with such short notice and limited space in the truck and trailor.I had almost nothing at my old place ,no bed,table ,chair, bed ,bedding,clothing ,crockery ,kitchen stuff ,so I had to bring a table and chair and my bedding back ,but I felt bad about prioritising those over the remaining birds .I am not sure I could have done anything any better give such short time but I feel bad :(

2024-09-04 09:07:01

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I feel absolutly awful I had to leave any behind ,but she took one purebred auracuna as payment to look after the others and I was just out of cash and the broody was one of those that kept getting into neighbours gardens when she was here before the move so I couldnt have brought her with me anyway or another hen that was the same and had a narrow escape with a dog,so I figured they were better off there anyway .I was going from having half an acre when I had bought the new birds

2024-09-04 08:58:46

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.I had to leave a fair bit of my bird stuff and own things behind so though its only small things mostly ,coops ,feeders ,a bench ,crockery ,baskets, bins ,some clothes it all meant I have had a lot to spend for replacing things ,plus my ex is still a potential threat and my daughters not comfortable using the roads during tourist season because theres so many accidents on them so I cant take the birds to the vets until next month,but I am hoping they we all be ok long term

2024-09-04 08:55:57

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but only slightly ,they are now free ranging on forests so I am thrilled about that.She brought one of the sitting broodies back with chicks partly hatched under her and one who stopped sitting.I rehomed most of the ducks and all the cockerals and breeding birds but it did cause a lot of friction having 20 cockerals in a hamlet ,so unfortunatly I had to cull two that were fighting and crowing all day and night ,but everything else got very good homes ,which is the main thing

2024-09-04 08:52:28

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I had to pay them to transport me and everything. .Later when I contacted her to refund my advance rent and money I had paid for birds I was clearly never going to get ,she had a hissy fit and told me to collect the peacocks ,the broodies and all the ducks (or all the ones she knew werent worth money) we couldnt collect them so I gave her £200 to transport them ,the 8 ducks arrived in a 3ft sq hutch,the peacoks I found a home for and went straight there but apparently got injured

2024-09-04 08:46:24

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My tiny old sebright was in with at least twenty others some big birds ,the broodys I had made sure where just closed up in their hutches and seen them put into the car .So they were ok so where my chicks I was looking after .But the rest had been put in a trailor .I had been very clear my possesions not the birds were to go in the trailor ,but I had also got some hutches and a table which were in it so I didnt notice the birds in the crates .Luckily they all survived

2024-09-04 08:44:00

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I also left muscoverys and some other ducks as I had nowhere for them and the peacocks temporarily while I looked for a home (the other arguments we had were about me not being alllowed to let them out to free range ) She helped me catch my birds and they were put in puppy crates bar the small bantams who I was fine with going in the crates because they were small enough for there to be loads of room for them .But when I got back here she had crammed all the birds into two crates

2024-09-04 08:41:38

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I brought back all my orginal cockerals and all the ones from her that I knew would roost together with mine without fighting ,but I had to leave 4 I got from her behind .I took the sick black rock hens because I knew they wouldnt get treatment otherwise and the lame hen and a couple of broodys with chicks that I knew wouldnt abandon them .I had to leave two that were sitting and one with chicks I knew would abandon them otherwise(some of those chicks are coming back to me soon)

2024-09-04 08:37:15

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I said I would have to leave over winter but would come back (by which time I was hoping the house would be done and I would have control over my birds again ) But they vascially threw me out that same day ,I had over 100 birds some I couldnt bring back to the house because they would fly over the fence and annoy neighbours or get attacked by dogs.So I had to leave some I had bought from her and 3 of my older hens behind I have offered her £50 to buy back one but shes refused)

2024-09-04 08:32:31

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None of my birds had been ill before and havent been after but one I got from her was so I had isolated it away from the others .Subsequently several of my youngsters ,who had been put in a tiny run with an adult male turkey died .So I was getting cross about that and then there was some issues because it looked like my ex would be driving around the area looking for me .Plus we had a disagreement about my staying long term in the caravan which wasn't legal.But it was mostly birds

2024-09-04 08:28:53

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It culminated is a row because I had to go away for a couple of days as it was an emergency that stretched into 5 days and when I got back all my birds had been put in tiny runs made by stringing dog crates together ,the ones I had around my caravan had been moved into runs,the white silkie had caught cold,she said my birds were all in quaretine because one had mycoplasma and had died ) But when I was clearly furiouse she back tracked and said they could be let out ,

2024-09-04 08:23:49

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Hi ,Yes ,though it was movers ,I only got given 4 hours to leave my last place I had been having issues with them for a while over how I looked after my birds .I had rented the place so my birds would have land to roam and a outbuilding for shelter,but the outbuilding was being used by them and they were insisting all my birds were penned .Plus that I didnt leave them feed out all day and said I was over feeding so were restricting what feed I could buy in

2024-09-03 10:32:31

#AnimalWelfare #Chickens
This is how birds are transported by dealers ,which if fine for bantams if they are all the same size as they have headroom ,but Large fowl have to squat and often they are transported like that in trailors (My large birds were all put in metal dog crates by me when I left them but they turned up in these)and it shouldnt be ok to let anything live in a cage it cant walk about in J ust because they arent mammals it doesnt mean they dont deserve better care
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2024-08-19 13:38:40

#poultry #herbs #Chickens I am still try to get my two rescued chickens back to full healthand cure the vent gleet ,ones doing better after baths to get rid of the yuck on her rear ,caniston and collodial silver ,the others still bad as it looks like shes had an untreated prolapse for months .I have had them on growers pellets as a boost ,but I wondered about #vermex feed to help their digestion as vent gleet is partly gut issues ,its pricey though so I wondered what peoples experiences are.

2024-08-19 12:43:05

#Fungi #Mushrooms
A mushroom I am cautiously optimistic I can ID as Suillius Cavipes ,but I am no expert so I would really like some input from those who know more (the last photo is a different individual mushroom but of exactly the same sp
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2024-08-18 10:14:45

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and this which may be a dying mushroom (though I doubt it there were several across the forest, they had no stem then turned into the snot looking substance .I suspect maybe a slime mould ,possibly introduced on the non native trees like the Hydonata cubispora most like was .My techincal term is Barbie brains that turned to Barbie snot that rested on moss with no stem visible .I also couldnt collect a sample because they disintigrated much like slime moulds do
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2024-08-18 10:08:46

#Fungi #Mycology
#Mushrooms #Forest #Scotland #Caithness
I wondered if anyone can ID this mushroom for me please,growing in plantation forestry in Caithness
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2024-08-18 08:22:23

#Forestry ,#conservation#Scotland
Last year Scotlands Forestry and Land manegement came for our trees, some along a path had most of the species of toothed fungi on the biodivisty action plan ,many rare but for every one it was by far the furthest north they were recorded.There had been no effort at all to check the Biodiversty databases ,the sole source of information had been a visit by an ecologist ,which was outside of fungi season.Until I got worked stopped nobody was bothered
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2024-08-17 23:07:07

Goodnight folks ,sleep well
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2024-08-17 22:26:51

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I find that shocking,I really cant understand how 50 percent of parents can say that its not their responsibilty to toilet train their children,,whose do they think it is ? the rest was pretty shocking too
School staff reported that 39% of children in Reception struggle to hold a pencil, 37% are unable to dress independently, 25% do not have basic language skills and 24% are not toilet trained.
And 28 percent incorrectly used books,some tried to tap them or swipe them like tablets

2024-08-17 09:17:07

#Caturday ,Maybe dont try this at home without adult supervision :) .Izzy is maybe unique in that I can leave her unsupervised with even tiny chicks
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2024-08-16 10:56:55

Hurray ,the fire wasnt condemned ,it needs a bit replacing so I am thinking of getting it done instead of asking the council ,power cuts aside we simply couldnt afford to run heating off the immersion heater ,we did try to see how much it would be ,but we had to stop when it had passed the £300 mark mid way through the month its not even designed as the primary water heater so its expensive .We have already bought half our winter logs the past months So that would be a big financial hit

2024-08-16 08:37:51

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I think hes had stern phone calls from Biden because using them in Europe is one thing as the EU most likely wouldnt use them in return because it would destroy Europes food security and pollute a lot of its major rivers.But using them in Europe and having the US retaliate if the fall out affects NATO countries would be quite another ,If Trump gets in I am sure hes going to either use nuclear battlefeild weapons in Ukraine Or deliberately cause a nuclear "accident" which hes talked about

2024-08-16 08:10:56

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Its always odd but lovely to see posts about spring being on its way when here we are heading into Autumn .I am in the UK but we dont have magpies in the far north ,maybe its a latitude thing ,we are the same latitude as parts of Alaska .I do miss the magpies they are stunning birds and very clever like all covids ,here we dont get as many carrion crows either ,we get hooded crows ,but we also get the magnificent ravens

2024-08-15 08:27:11

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.I live not far from one of the UK first nuclear plants and there most definitly is a nuclear waste problem its an area that was previously pristine with no pollution and very few people ,no industry etc ,yet there was environmental damage and its been many years being decommissioned .If there wasnt a nuclear waste problem ,all nuclear plants would be in or right next to cities where they could be better staffed and looked after,not in the UK s more remote areas

2024-08-13 22:35:26

and because its been a bit doom and gloom and rants ,heres some carrot flowers as my signing off image ,I keep the tops of carrots I chop for eating ,put them in a saucer of water and more often than not they will sprout and develope fledgling roots ,I pot them up as mini houseplants ,then eventually plant them outside where they fill in gaps in flower beds or veg patches ,they produce pretty cow parsley type flowers that last a long time ,not bad for rubbish #flowers #vegetables #allotments
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2024-08-08 11:29:32

I was also hoping for an ID for this #wildflower #wildshrub #fruit ,which is growing wild all over the immediate area ,but also looks as though it had been planted in rows in an old croft house garden ,it has very pretty pinky purple flowers ,the fruits are ripe in the photo and popular with birds .#gardening #wildflowers
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