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    Recipe for Dark Thick Marmalade

    The following recipe is courtesy of a friend of mine and is based on his great grandmothers marmalade having been passed from generation to generation. It is certainly the best I have ever tried and made a batch last year and am still eating it. It is far better than any that you can buy and is...
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    Scottish Wildcat

    I saw a cat on the island of Mull quite some years ago whilst out fishing some hill lochs. I saw it from a high banking sunbathing out of the wind on a sandy shore of one of the lochs I was going to fish, I always carry binoculars when out on the hills and sat and watched it from about 50 yards...
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    What animals (wildlife) have you seen today?

    We have a fox that lives on the reservoirs at the back of my house in Grimsargh near Preston, I haven't seen it for some weeks but at 0715 hours this morning saw it walking down the walkway in between two of the reservoirs. My dog saw it fractionally after I did at which point the fox made a...
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    Mincemeat recipe

    This is a recipe for probably some of the best mincemeat you will ever taste and is well worth making: The following makes 3.6lbs pounds of super mincemeat. Just perfect for those festive treats! 12oz raisins 8oz mixed peel 8oz sultanas 8oz currants 1lb cooking apples, peeled, cored...
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    What is your favourite bird?

    I love Jays especially at this time of year when they are searching amongst the leaves collecting acorns for the winter ahead and cackling as they do so and calling to each other. When the dark nights arrive I like going out and seeing barn owls on dusk flighing silently and quartering the land...
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    Redwings

    On Wednesday 9th October 2013 I saw my first flock of redwings in Grimsargh near Preston in Lancashire, and over the following hour whilst walking my dog must have seen 10 or 12 flocks totaling many hundreds. On Saturday 12th October traveling up the M6 to the Lake District saw flocks of...
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    The "What is this bug?" thread

    The hairy beastie on your lawn in Manchester is actually a Garden Tiger Moth caterpillar (Arctia caja) which were common at one time but now protected and I actually saw a couple last week crossing the road on Longridge fell in Lancashire near where I live, it can grow to 2.4ins [6cm] and can...
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    The "What is this bug?" thread

    The little beastie near your hoody is actually a ladybird larvae which are veracious little blighters and eat garden pests including aphids which they munch away on given the chance. The larvae go through 4 instars during its life before coming an adult, in other words its sheds its skin as it...
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    Hello from Preston in Lancashire

    I have loved being outdoors as long as I can remember and have enjoyed camping in wild places for 30 + years, I fly fish, course fish and dress my own fishing flies. I watch birds most days and like being out with my dog exploring and am fascinated by fauna and flora. I don't know a lot about...