there has to be a caption to go with this

Okay so its a bit small but I am sure you get the gist of it. Not sure it is the water buffalo version of see no hear no or what.

a funny think happened on the way to the newt fence

Well I was there anyway but needed a title so there it is. I mentioned the other week I found a metal plate on what was left of an old tractor trailer.

Found something else today another relic from the past, a door hinge, is that all well yes but the quality and pride that went into was obvious, even cast there name in it to make sure everyone knew who made it.

Charles Collinge of Lambeth made it and wanted the word to know.

gis a sarnie

Went on a course this week advanced bird ID it was. Anyway half way through the first morning I sees a movement out of the window and there well you can see below,

A fox cub well grown but still a cub, turned up often around the place where the course was running. Got too friendly if you ask me and then I hear they all do that down here.

Do they I thinks I know what would happen elsewhere, much as it was interesting you have to wonder where it will end.

 

last weekend twas FATE

Oh yes it was Festival at the Edge FATE and a good time twas had by many folk.

Lots of stories in a fantastic setting, I needed a break so off to Much Wenlock for the weekend. The 21st FATE the real reason Much Wenlock is famous none of that OilyPixies stuff.

next time you are watching a wildlife programme

July 31st is World Ranger Day, whats that about you might ask, well as a former ranger who is still involved in a small way with caring for our countryside I belong to an international organisation that believes we should honour those who have given their lives to protect the wildlife and world around us.


Most of the people who have died will have left wives and families who dont get any of the luxuries we take for granted such as insurance, death benefits or pensions. So please remember them on the 31st July and think of them the next time you watch a wildlife programme. You could also go to the Thin Green Line and make a donation.

WORLD RANGER DAY 31st July 2012 
RANGER ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM 31/07/2011 to 31/07/2011

ZOMEDEL PIERRE ACHILLE · Cameroon · homicide •
JAIRO ANTONIO VARELA ARBOLEDA · Colombia · homicide •
MICHEL IMANIRAFASHA · Democratic Republic of Congo · homicide •
PARIS PALUKU · Democratic Republic of Congo · homicide •
PHILIPPE NZABONIMPA · Democratic Republic of Congo · homicide •
NAME NOT KNOWN · Democratic Republic of Congo · homicide •
NAME NOT KNOWN · Democratic Republic of Congo · homicide •
ELOY VARGAS MEDRANO · Dominican Republic · homicide •
CHRISTIAN BOAKYE · Ghana · homicide •
AMRIT SARMA · India · killed by elephant •
ARUMUGAM · India · homicide •
AVNISH · India · homicide •
BABULAL · India · vehicle accident •
BAKUL NATH · India · killed by elephant •
CHAKRAMONI BORGOYARY · India · homicide •
GOVINDA RAJ · India · vehicle accident •
JITENDRA MAHTO · India · homicide •
JOGESWAR PAHARI · India · homicide •
KAITHAN · India · killed by elephant •
M SRINIVASULU · India · homicide •
MADAN H NAYAK · India · homicide •
MAJJI MADHAVA RAO · India · homicide •
MAN SINGH · India · malaria •
MARSHAL KHARSYNTENG · India · killed by elephant •
MURUGAN · India · killed by dam collapse •
MUSHTAQ AHMAD SOFI · India · homicide •
NARAYAN DUAN · India · homicide •
NATERAJAN · India · killed by elephant •
PHANIN MUSHAHARY · India · homicide •
PRAKASH NAIK · India · suffocation fighting forest fire •
RAJEESH · India · dengue fever •
RAMABAI NAGAR R K GANGWAR · India ·vehicle accident•
RAMBABU · India · vehicle accident •
RAMADAS · India · killed by elephant •
RAMPHUL SHARMA · India · homicide •
SANTOSH KUMAR YADAV · India · killed by tiger •
SHIVRAM · India · vehicle accident •
SITARAM M WADYE · India · killed by tiger •
SONAULLAH ZARGAR · India · homicide •
SUSANTA MAHANTA · India · killed by wild buffalo •
VASU · India · killed by elephant •
VEERESH SIDDAIAH HIREMATH · India · homicide •
VISHAL PRABHAKAR · India · homicide •
RUSLAN KIM · Kazakhstan · homicide •
ABDULLAHI MOHAMMED · Kenya · homicide •
NOORDIN ABDI GURREH · Kenya · homicide •
NAME NOT KNOWN · Kenya · homicide •
NAME NOT KNOWN · Kenya · homicide •
SARKIN DAJI · Nigeria · homicide •
LAWAL NAGWAGGWO · Nigeria · homicide •
MUHAMMAD HASSAN · Nigeria · homicide •
MELANIA DIRAIN · Philippines · homicide •
ENOCK SIBUYI · South Africa · homicide •
MBAZWANI MHLONGO · South Africa · drowned •
PHUMLANI MTHEMBU · South Africa · drowned •
ZEPHANIA MBUSO MYENI · South Africa · homicide •
CARLOS VOZMEDIANO DEL BURGO · Spain · killed in avalanche •
DANA BRUCE · United States · vehicle accident •
DAVID CALDWELL · United States · collapsed at work •
MARGARET ANDERSON · United States · homicide •
MICHAEL BOEHM · United States · collapsed at work •
NICK HALL · United States · killed during search and rescue operation •
ROBERT J THORNTON · United States · collapsed at work •
HORACIO PEREZ RIBAS · Venezuela · homicide •
LIBAKENGI CHIBENGE · Zambia · homicide •
SITALI MUSOLOLE · Zambia · homicide

Lets hope the list gets no longer in whats left of July.

Malcolm Busby

have you seen one of these before then

Was out doing some ecological work last weekend and had a chance to look at a ruined old farm trailer. Hang on I says whats that there then.

A metal labal which as luck would have it came of really easily. Its quite heavy and I suspect WW2 vintage as it mentions the Min of Ag but I could be wrong. No idea what sort of alloy it is made of, probably what they used to call monkey metal in the days of yore when I worked in general engineering.

See picture below of wording cast onto it. I have searched for the company ont tinterweb but no luck.

what do the frogs know

Worked ina garden today with a box hedge in it, while looking at said hedge could not help but notice well it was pointed out to me actually that there sitting on top was a frog, and a big one at that, most handsome it was, dont believe me look at the picture.

The thing is later on I looked and yes there was still a frog but it was now a lot smaller.

This of course has got me thinking, was the frog a banker and it is now less over inflated by its own importance. Could be completely wrong of course. Looks a bit like a bank manager i used to know looking at it again, hmmn.