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Nature on your farm.

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  • #252
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    Thought some might appreciate this

    Old people talking about species rich hay meadows of past
    https://youtu.be/7EjPMl4ban0

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



  • #253
    Capercaillie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Capercaillie


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    Thought some might appreciate this

    Old people talking about species rich hay meadows of past
    https://youtu.be/7EjPMl4ban0

    Great video, sad though to see what is mostly lost.


  • #254
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    I heard the cuckoo this evening, first time this year.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #255
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    blue5000 wrote: »
    I heard the cuckoo this evening, first time this year.

    Heard one at 5:30 am about 3 weeks ago, sad to say it hasn't been heard since.


  • #256
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    It's a pity they aren't more common around the country. I don't think a day has gone by here since the 2nd week of April that I haven't heard at least one. But it's real cuckoo territory here with overgrown hedges and barren land and bits & pieces that are just left go to whins and bush. Actually seen a cuckoo flying over today, quite rare for me to actually see them.


  • #257
    endainoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭endainoz


    Happy to have heard it quite a few times over the last two to three weeks. Having the house near trees can be a pain in the winter having to constantly clean gutters. But it's great to hear all the birds this time of year.


  • #258
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,349 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    I'm delighted seeing a good number of hares around here. I saw three different sets (of 2) this morning when going to the shop. One on our own land, another in a field belong to our neighbour and the last set about a mile away in a field.
    Thankfully they haven't been affected by RHD, unfortunately the rabbit population is still very low around us and seems to be struggling to recover.


  • #259
    JoeCasey
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    i think ive heard one every day this past month.


  • #260
    I says
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    Heard a cuckoo around here today, delighted to hear it. The kids were out with me was great for them to hear it as well.


  • #261
    ganmo
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    Not a great pic, but spotted this lizard over the weekend


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  • #262
    SouthWesterly
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    I says wrote: »
    Heard a cuckoo around here today, delighted to hear it. The kids were out with me was great for them to hear it as well.

    Heard one recently near me. Loads of swallows around the sheds.


  • #263
    Birdnuts
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    ganmo wrote: »
    Not a great pic, but spotted this lizard over the weekend

    Good find - for all my wanderings over the years I've never seen one!!


  • #264
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    That's the third I've seen, all on our ground


  • #265
    Water John
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    Heard the cuckoo today. a few years since Iv'e heard him.
    Go mberimid beo ag an am seo aris.


  • #266
    minerleague
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭minerleague


    during the drought 2018 a pond on the farm dried out so I cleaned out the silt which had built up over many years. I now have water hens, ducks frogs with a good depth of water. On another part of the farm I have a good spring feeding into a stream that could be made into another pond but with the Greens looking like going into Gov and Eamonn ryan saying things like farmers should be encouraged to plant 1 Ha of trees, is it likely some form of glas will be available
    in the near future for such works? going to do it anyway but will it be carrot or stick approach ??:rolleyes:


  • #267
    HillFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭HillFarmer


    Really loving this thread, thanks to all for the contributions.
    Read it all today.


  • #268
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,484 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    Not a farmer, but living in a house with a couple of fields that used to be farmed (sheep and cattle). We are pretty much rewilding them now. Hare and pheasant are commonplace. The odd fox, and a stoat a couple of weeks ago. Frogs, lizards (or maybe newt). Lots of bird life. The starlings in the attic have finally fledged so I’ll block the gap in the eaves. Many crows, pigeons, tits, robins, wrens. Nest in postbox at the moment. 2 cuckoos. Buzzards too, and possibly a peregrine falcon. Few mice as well!

    Saw a crow trap in local farmer’s field the other day( since moved). What’s the story with them?


  • #269
    tabby aspreme
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    minerleague wrote: »
    during the drought 2018 a pond on the farm dried out so I cleaned out the silt which had built up over many years. I now have water hens, ducks frogs with a good depth of water. On another part of the farm I have a good spring feeding into a stream that could be made into another pond but with the Greens looking like going into Gov and Eamonn ryan saying things like farmers should be encouraged to plant 1 Ha of trees, is it likely some form of glas will be available
    in the near future for such works? going to do it anyway but will it be carrot or stick approach ??:rolleyes:

    Would like to do the same here, I have two, Area's of, biodiversity enhancement, that were left unplanted in the forestry, one is approximately half an acre, very wet, with small stream beside it, would be perfect for a pond.


  • #270
    SouthWesterly
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    Would love some sort of pond in my place but the neighbours below me might object. :D


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  • #271
    Lady Haywire
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    Murph_D wrote: »
    Not a farmer, but living in a house with a couple of fields that used to be farmed (sheep and cattle). We are pretty much rewilding them now. Hare and pheasant are commonplace. The odd fox, and a stoat a couple of weeks ago. Frogs, lizards (or maybe newt). Lots of bird life. The starlings in the attic have finally fledged so I’ll block the gap in the eaves. Many crows, pigeons, tits, robins, wrens. Nest in postbox starts the moment. Buzzards too, and possibly a peregrine falcon. Few mice as well!

    Saw a crow trap in local farmer’s field the other day( since moved). What’s the story with them?

    Larson trap? Crows are pests. I left the big sliding door on the shed open Monday night & the bastards of grey crows came in & robbed every nest of sparrows & starlings in the place.

    We use the larson trap in winter, let them rear their young first. After that it's fair game!


  • #272
    Murph_D
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    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Larson trap? Crows are pests. I left the big sliding door on the shed open Monday night & the bastards of grey crows came in & robbed every nest of sparrows & starlings in the place.

    We use the larson trap in winter, let them rear their young first. After that it's fair game!

    Are they legal? Looks pretty cruel and crows are intelligent birds. Doubt if my neighbour is using them to protect nests.


  • #273
    Lady Haywire
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    Murph_D wrote: »
    Are they legal? Looks pretty cruel and crows are intelligent birds. Doubt if my neighbour is using them to protect nests.

    Yes, they're legal. You have a call bird with food & water in his section, who's the main attraction to the birds in the surrounding area as they'll fly down to the trap to protect their territory. Should be checked each day & dispatch anything caught.

    He could be protecting anything; lambs, bales, seed, bird cover for GLAS, preventing spread of disease from the birds dirtying in troughs etc


  • #274
    Murph_D
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    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Yes, they're legal. You have a call bird with food & water in his section, who's the main attraction to the birds in the surrounding area as they'll fly down to the trap to protect their territory. Should be checked each day & dispatch anything caught.

    He could be protecting anything; lambs, bales, seed, bird cover for GLAS, preventing spread of disease from the birds dirtying in troughs etc

    Appreciate the information. Lambs I suppose.


  • #275
    ganmo
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    Murph_D wrote: »
    Are they legal? Looks pretty cruel and crows are intelligent birds. Doubt if my neighbour is using them to protect nests.

    Why do you say your neighbour wouldn't be interested in the smaller birds?


  • #276
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,484 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    ganmo wrote: »
    Why do you say your neighbour wouldn't be interested in the smaller birds?

    He’s not the nature loving type. Tends to destroy habitats rather than preserve them. Seems to have a particular grudge against trees, but also any kind of hedgerow or bush.


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  • #277
    bogman_bass
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    Water John wrote: »
    Heard the cuckoo today. a few years since Iv'e heard him.
    Go mberimid beo ag an am seo aris.

    I was the same today.


  • #278
    minerleague
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭minerleague


    often hear the cuckoo but saw one yesterday. lucky enough to see otters twice
    in recent years. also saw a stoat ( very small)last year> plenty foxes, less hares
    than before, deer becoming very plentiful ( nice bit of forestry around)


  • #279
    PoorFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭PoorFarmer


    Saw my first cinnabar moth of the year today just in time for ragwort season.
    BIL is after getting a herd of wild/feral goats on his place. Cleaned out about €500 of trees he had put in over the winter. Seriously unimpressed with them ðŸ˜


  • #280
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    Taking of rewinding. Lovely place in West Sussex England called kneep wildland where they did a massive rewilding project.

    The owner gives a great lecture here on the project and rewilding in general
    45 minutes long.

    https://youtu.be/oQtpk6Gsawc

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



  • #281
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    This might be of interest to some of you.
    https://twitter.com/BSBI_Ireland/status/1271063708605861890?s=20


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  • #282
    whelan2
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    A rabbit or a hare ? It had a white tail


  • #283
    Lady Haywire
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    A rabbit or a hare ? It had a white tail

    Hare I think. Face looks very.....harey. :pac:


  • #284
    zetecescort
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,164 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    visitor to the back door today. have seen red fellas around before, great to see they're still around


  • #285
    Lime Tree Farm
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    A rabbit or a hare ? It had a white tail

    The hare's ears are the same length as it's head, and are black at the top point.


  • #286
    ABitofsense
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    Fox cub out for a evening stretch.

    We have a mother & 2 cubs in a ring fort. We fenced it of years old from stock & it's full of wildlife now. Delighted we did


  • #287
    Lime Tree Farm
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    Dryad's Saddle, Bracket Fungus, well I think that's what it is. Seen today on an ash tree, which has some storm damage.

    Dryads Saddle - Bracket Fungus.jpg

    517035.jpg


  • #288
    Water John
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    See a butterfly yesterday. It's a Speckled Wood but the spots were quite yellow.
    http://www.irishbutterflies.com/speckled_wood_butterfly_of_ireland.html

    Sorry never got into posting pics.


  • #289
    Say my name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,766 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Seen a woodpecker today at the calf paddock.

    Funny bird hoping from timber stake to timber stake and climbing all around them to see what s up. You'd pity the poor cratur when he comes across clipex posts..:p


  • #290
    bogman_bass
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    Saw a pine Martin for the first time on the farm the otherday


  • #291
    Lime Tree Farm
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    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Saw a pine Martin for the first time on the farm the otherday


    https://pinemarten.ie/report-a-sighting/


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  • #292
    Dinzee Conlee
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    517201.jpeg
    Saw this lad the other evening...


  • #293
    Rows Grower
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    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    Saw this lad the other evening...

    You were fairly close there Dinzee?

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #294
    Dinzee Conlee
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    Rows Grower wrote: »
    You were fairly close there Dinzee?

    He was only a cub, and I think where I had parked the tractor was in between where he was and where he wanted to go...
    He kept coming and going for the 10mins or so I was there...


  • #295
    Rows Grower
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    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    He was only a cub, and I think where I had parked the tractor was in between where he was and where he wanted to go...
    He kept coming and going for the 10mins or so I was there...

    A strong cub but maybe not the most cunning.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #296
    Water John
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    Animals both wild and domestic take far less notice of machinery than humans.
    Years past had a spooky lot of cattle. No problem driving through them with the 4 X 4 but if you walked into the field, the heads were up and they were moving.


  • #297
    Base price
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    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    He was only a cub, and I think where I had parked the tractor was in between where he was and where he wanted to go...
    He kept coming and going for the 10mins or so I was there...
    That fox isn't a cub.


  • #298
    Rows Grower
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    Base price wrote: »
    That fox isn't a cub.

    I'd say it is.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #299
    Dinzee Conlee
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    Base price wrote: »
    That fox isn't a cub.

    I thought it was now, that first photo is fairly zoomed in so maybe looks bigger...


  • #300
    Base price
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    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    I thought it was now, that first photo is fairly zoomed in so maybe looks bigger...
    He looks mature to me also in great condition too.


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  • #301
    ganmo
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    Base price wrote: »
    He looks mature to me also in great condition too.

    The fur on him in the first pic is cub like


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