tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4218125110002419783..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Notes from an urban countrymanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-43476414848059308262016-05-10T11:42:49.315-07:002016-05-10T11:42:49.315-07:00The garden is full of starlings, lovely creatures!...The garden is full of starlings, lovely creatures!!Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-59693531017007385922016-05-10T11:26:51.180-07:002016-05-10T11:26:51.180-07:00Peregrins!!
What a lovely view they are!!
I do un...Peregrins!! <br />What a lovely view they are!!<br />I do understand what you mean about birds is the city. We live in a small village, but in the bigger towns around us wars are being fought between birdlovers and notsofonders. There has been everything from shooting to distributing poisonous mice to the peregrins. The most common birds around here are jackdaws, they are absolutely everywhere, magpies and gulls. Every year the gulls invade the roof of the parishhomes roof. Every year they make nests, lay eggs and produce a large number of grey furballs that falls out of the shallow nests. When they do, they wobble around among us, making the parents furious at....us..and there goes the alarm!!! Those are the weeks we all walk with helmets on!!Fairtraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517527131786415943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18505661595858392882016-04-25T10:31:04.933-07:002016-04-25T10:31:04.933-07:00We get no starlings at all anymore. They have dimi...We get no starlings at all anymore. They have diminished greatly on the Somerset Levels as well. Ironically, some parts of the South Coast are short of gulls. They can have some of ours if they want...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30172830231148393632016-04-25T02:58:38.119-07:002016-04-25T02:58:38.119-07:00I think there are greater concentrations of these ...I think there are greater concentrations of these things in towns Tom - out here in the countryside there is more open space. Nice starling photo.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80479034458007234302016-04-24T15:11:02.254-07:002016-04-24T15:11:02.254-07:00Apparently not.Apparently not.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56031951442588796782016-04-24T15:05:33.093-07:002016-04-24T15:05:33.093-07:00Well in Somerset it is, anyway.Well in Somerset it is, anyway.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16734002817211779742016-04-24T12:22:34.496-07:002016-04-24T12:22:34.496-07:00Fuck off.Fuck off.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-57910778724163052282016-04-24T11:35:39.444-07:002016-04-24T11:35:39.444-07:00More mouths to feed. Fuck that.More mouths to feed. Fuck that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-54213793313106946312016-04-24T11:23:13.026-07:002016-04-24T11:23:13.026-07:00Moths, flies and a variety of other insectsMoths, flies and a variety of other insectsDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-72601827119208574982016-04-24T10:37:43.873-07:002016-04-24T10:37:43.873-07:00Including the shit.Including the shit.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10135089869023992872016-04-24T10:36:03.510-07:002016-04-24T10:36:03.510-07:00What do geckos eat?What do geckos eat?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10170605644791070472016-04-24T10:35:36.390-07:002016-04-24T10:35:36.390-07:00As I understand, it is considered lucky if a human...As I understand, it is considered lucky if a human shits on you in Norfolk.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22159893693196432512016-04-24T08:09:13.748-07:002016-04-24T08:09:13.748-07:00It is considered to be very lucky to get a bird dr...It is considered to be very lucky to get a bird dropping on you in this country Maria. At least in Norfolk it is.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10934883898175238452016-04-24T08:07:53.478-07:002016-04-24T08:07:53.478-07:00The death throes of William Shakespeare, hear them...The death throes of William Shakespeare, hear them on the radio tonight. <br /><br />Did he make a lot of noise when he died?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49248680033177197022016-04-24T08:03:23.980-07:002016-04-24T08:03:23.980-07:00I think "oh" translated from Japanese me...I think "oh" translated from Japanese means " that f---ing great bird just shit on my head." Perhaps you should purchase several dozen geckos from your local pet shop and turn them out in your home?Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42141828331277851382016-04-24T08:00:03.476-07:002016-04-24T08:00:03.476-07:00Thank you Maria. It is always the male Blackbirds ...Thank you Maria. It is always the male Blackbirds talking to each other. If you stand right in between them, you can - after a while - begin to think that you can almost understand them.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37662173299716340072016-04-24T07:51:22.520-07:002016-04-24T07:51:22.520-07:00On and off. It has been hailing most of the day.On and off. It has been hailing most of the day.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12809707329241215182016-04-24T07:40:16.779-07:002016-04-24T07:40:16.779-07:00Italians say it is good luck to step on a dog'...Italians say it is good luck to step on a dog's poo. I am wondering now if it can be considered even greater luck when a huge quantity drops from above onto heads?<br />I love listening to blackbirds singing. We have a couple of blackbirds that perch in a mimosa tree in the garden below. I think they're out on a mission to tease the next door neighbour's cat, which is always dangerously perched on a balcony wall and looking down at them. <br />The link to the peregrines has me "hooked", thanks to you :-)<br />A very nice post Tom, as are all your posts.<br />Greetings Maria x. Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46069823599098400512016-04-24T07:33:53.949-07:002016-04-24T07:33:53.949-07:00P.S. I see the sun has finally come out in Norwich...P.S. I see the sun has finally come out in Norwich.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-47576329716113194492016-04-24T07:33:17.354-07:002016-04-24T07:33:17.354-07:00Both at 9.00pm.Both at 9.00pm.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-48829409728977492862016-04-24T07:29:09.415-07:002016-04-24T07:29:09.415-07:00I tried to be a combination of Jack Hargreaves and...I tried to be a combination of Jack Hargreaves and you.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38642284956982665752016-04-24T07:27:58.135-07:002016-04-24T07:27:58.135-07:00H.I.'s daughter manages a cashmere stop - in t...H.I.'s daughter manages a cashmere stop - in this very street - but they do not have a problem with moths. The moths only go for dirty clothes, I think, and I have an abundance of those.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4506495728703166312016-04-24T07:26:30.326-07:002016-04-24T07:26:30.326-07:00We have a conflict. H.I. wants to see the last epi...We have a conflict. H.I. wants to see the last episode of Undercover on the box, and I want to hear the broadcast of Shakespeare's death on Radio 3. I have promised Mr Warburton that I will listen to it live, and either can be found again on catch-up.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81880407486910337222016-04-24T07:01:36.170-07:002016-04-24T07:01:36.170-07:00I enjoyed today's post.....it was chattyI enjoyed today's post.....it was chattyJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71588505778806941322016-04-24T06:46:52.830-07:002016-04-24T06:46:52.830-07:00Tom, thank you for all this nature information and...Tom, thank you for all this nature information and for the link to the peregrines. I will have to take another look at differing times of day.<br /> <br />From my time spent managing retail clothing shops, I know a bit about trying to break the reproductive cycle of the webbed clothing moth. Cashmere is irresistible.<br /><br />Best wishes to you in all your endeavors.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.com