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From little acorns...
18 months ago, I planted a tree in my garden . It's had a tough time since. This most spindly of saplings has been bent double by autumn gales and prompted more than one bout of emergency midnight ‘staking’ in my dressing gown and slippers...
Published
12-17-2008 5:00 PM
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Mark Ward
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Strangers in our midst
Here at the RSPB, we often get enquiries from puzzled 'garden watchers' who have seen an odd bird in their garden. 'It looks like a blackbird , but it's got a white head.' 'One of the starlings on my feeder is all white! Is it...
Published
10-15-2008 10:39 AM
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Mark Ward
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Do you have a Swede in your garden?
It’s all too easy to take some birds for granted. It could be robins , starlings , chaffinches , blue tits , dunnocks - whatever it is that you see all the time. Then, something happens that makes you think ‘oh! Perhaps I should look a bit...
Published
01-17-2008 9:24 AM
by Katie Fuller
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