Tag: Kirsteen bell
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Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
In the Forward to Understanding Animal Behaviour (Whittles Publishing, 2019), Rory Putman says that he is writing for amateur naturalists like myself.
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Wild Words: Salute to the fair soldiers of summer
Each horse chestnut tree can make a choice about when to go into leaf based on its immediate environment.
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Wild Words: Blooming defiant hazel is a true Scot
The ability to withstand winter storms is a behaviour learned through necessity.
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Wild Words: Our first footer this year was a woodcock
We stood, looking at the bird, looking at each other, at a complete loss. There was a woodcock under our table.
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Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
The pigs and I will collect a fraction of the acorns within our boundaries; the jays will not return to all their successful stashes; the nuts still hidden will have their chance.
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Wild Words: Kirsten Bell
Folklore also contains information on dealing with adder bites. You could race the adder to the nearest body of water: if you make it before the adder, you’ll be cured.
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Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
The martins usually arrive with the warm air, that also ensures their diet of flying insects have emerged.