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BBC SpringWatch
The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the
country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ Looks interesting :~) Jenny |
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In article , JennyC
writes The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ They're asking you to tell them your first sighting of a bumblebee, frogspawn and 7spot ladybird - very mcuh what we do in urg each year ;-) -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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In message , JennyC
writes The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ Looks interesting :~) Jenny That is a lovely site. Thanks Jenny. I heard about it on the Today programme last week but promptly forgot to look. Have now bookmarked it. -- June Hughes |
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In article , June Hughes
writes In message , JennyC writes The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ Looks interesting :~) Jenny That is a lovely site. Thanks Jenny. I heard about it on the Today programme last week but promptly forgot to look. Have now bookmarked it. Be warned! I sent off for 170 Birdwatch leaflets to put in the local gardening club newsletter that I edit. I wanted the same for garden watch but if you read the 'blurb' they want you to note WILD events not garden stuff as they argue that they need to know what is happening in the great outdoors and not in cultivated back gardens. They say that, if you see something in the garden chances are that it won't be the data they need. janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , June Hughes writes In message , JennyC writes The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ Looks interesting :~) Jenny That is a lovely site. Thanks Jenny. I heard about it on the Today programme last week but promptly forgot to look. Have now bookmarked it. Be warned! I sent off for 170 Birdwatch leaflets to put in the local gardening club newsletter that I edit. I wanted the same for garden watch but if you read the 'blurb' they want you to note WILD events not garden stuff as they argue that they need to know what is happening in the great outdoors and not in cultivated back gardens. They say that, if you see something in the garden chances are that it won't be the data they need. Oh, I won't bother then. I found a 7-spot clinging to the (outside of) the frame of the greenhouse at the weekend In BH22 in case you're interested Steve |
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"shazzbat" wrote in message ... "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , June Hughes writes In message , JennyC writes The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ Looks interesting :~) Jenny That is a lovely site. Thanks Jenny. I heard about it on the Today programme last week but promptly forgot to look. Have now bookmarked it. Be warned! I sent off for 170 Birdwatch leaflets to put in the local gardening club newsletter that I edit. I wanted the same for garden watch but if you read the 'blurb' they want you to note WILD events not garden stuff as they argue that they need to know what is happening in the great outdoors and not in cultivated back gardens. They say that, if you see something in the garden chances are that it won't be the data they need. Where does it say its not for gardens on the above site? -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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In article , Tumbleweed
writes Where does it say its not for gardens on the above site? It said it on the leaflet I received. Something to do with making sure the facts were relevant to wild phenomena and not cultivation? I threw it away now but as a couple of others have also said that they thought it was for all data I will have to now try and contact someone to confirm the criteria! janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , shazzbat
writes "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , June Hughes writes In message , JennyC writes The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of the country: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ Looks interesting :~) Jenny That is a lovely site. Thanks Jenny. I heard about it on the Today programme last week but promptly forgot to look. Have now bookmarked it. Be warned! I sent off for 170 Birdwatch leaflets to put in the local gardening club newsletter that I edit. I wanted the same for garden watch but if you read the 'blurb' they want you to note WILD events not garden stuff as they argue that they need to know what is happening in the great outdoors and not in cultivated back gardens. They say that, if you see something in the garden chances are that it won't be the data they need. Oh, I won't bother then. I found a 7-spot clinging to the (outside of) the frame of the greenhouse at the weekend In BH22 in case you're interested I couldn't find anything in the 'Springwatch' site to say 'countryside only'. Indeed, the notes for peacock butterly say 'look in flowery banks and gardens' -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:04:59 +0000, Kay
wrote: ~In article , shazzbat writes ~ ~"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... ~ In article , June Hughes ~ writes ~ In message , JennyC ~ writes ~ The BBC are doing a survey about when spring comes to various parts of ~the ~ country: ~ ~ http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...n/springwatch/ ~ ~ Looks interesting :~) ~ Jenny ~ ~ ~ That is a lovely site. Thanks Jenny. I heard about it on the Today ~ programme last week but promptly forgot to look. Have now bookmarked ~ it. ~ ~ ~ Be warned! I sent off for 170 Birdwatch leaflets to put in the local ~ gardening club newsletter that I edit. ~ I wanted the same for garden watch but if you read the 'blurb' they want ~ you to note WILD events not garden stuff as they argue that they need to ~ know what is happening in the great outdoors and not in cultivated back ~ gardens. They say that, if you see something in the garden chances are ~ that it won't be the data they need. ~ ~ ~Oh, I won't bother then. I found a 7-spot clinging to the (outside of) the ~frame of the greenhouse at the weekend ~ ~In BH22 in case you're interested ~ ~I couldn't find anything in the 'Springwatch' site to say 'countryside ~only'. ~ ~Indeed, the notes for peacock butterly say 'look in flowery banks and ~gardens' Though it *does* say 'active' for the ladybirds, so just finding one snoozing isn't enough. I have already found several in such a state! Which is encouraging, if only because I have a little aphid eradication corps waiting... -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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In article , shazzbat
writes Oh, I won't bother then. I found a 7-spot clinging to the (outside of) the frame of the greenhouse at the weekend In BH22 in case you're interested Steve I wondered if they just meant the plants because they might just be cultivated varieties rather than the true wild flowers? The information was on a leaflet in the radio Times. The web site does mention hedgerows etc for noting hawthorn flowering but I guess insects and birds can't really be influence in their activity just be dint of the fact that they are in cultivated areas? I couldn't find any way of checking details so perhaps they'll accept your 7 spot ladybird janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Janet Tweedy
writes I wondered if they just meant the plants because they might just be cultivated varieties rather than the true wild flowers? The information was on a leaflet in the radio Times. Did you have a different leaflet in Radio Times in your area? Ours was in the form of a postcard to return to the Woodland Trust, and there is absolutely nothing on it to say it should be wild rather than garden. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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