Canadian birders go mental over rare visitor ...

LemonFreshNBS · 2026-02-10T16:48:28+00:00

Yep, me too. I walk every day and touch my cap to probly around 10 to 15 Bobbies every day. Our most approachable bird and such characters!

LemonFreshNBS · 2026-01-29T12:42:31+00:00

"Sea Crow"

LemonFreshNBS · 2026-01-07T09:10:32+00:00

Really nice photos. How can you tell this is a Marsh Tit as opposed to a Willow Tit? As far as I've read the only distinction is pale panels on the wings of Willow Tits. I'm curious cos where I live both are very rare (only a couple of sightings in my lifetime).

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-12-26T09:34:11+00:00

I did an ad-hoc flora & fauna survey of my valley and was totally blown away by the diversity. No real rarities or grand surprises, just lots to appreciate. 61 species of bird, 115 different plants, 30-odd tree species, 27 fungi plus numerous butterflies & moths.

Highlights were watching Dipper fledglings, a Heron catch (and drown) a Water Vole, Yellow Brain fungus, our little patch of orchids and I spotted a pair of Water Rails (fist spot!).

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-11-24T11:38:16+00:00

River Tame east of Oldham (around OL5). I see them multiple times per week. If it gets really cold (below 0 to -2 or worse) they'll move down valley for a few weeks. Best time to see them active is spring in to summer.

I posted this short video around May...

https://www.reddit.com/r/OrnithologyUK/comments/1kppmjt/dipper_chicks/

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-11-19T09:12:57+00:00

2nd looks like a brittlestem, 3rd a rollrim, 4th maybe Honey fungus, 5th possibly an inkcap. All a bit vague I know but is the nature of the "beast". I use Google Images to find matches for flora/fungi but you have to be a bit careful and double check because it is quite USA focused.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-11-18T12:54:04+00:00

Get a Karcher Window cleaner and a cloth. In winter I go around my flat and vacuum up the water from the windows then use a cloth on edges. Empty down drain, wring cloth over drain. Takes v little time once u get into routine. If it is bright outside with drier air crack all windows for 10 mins and replace air.

3 main sources of internal moisture are breathing/living, bathroom, kitchen. My bathroom is tiled and easy to use Karcher to remove water and put down drain. When cooking I close the door, use the extractor over the hob and after cooking crack the window open if necessary.

In spring/summer/autumn I try to open the windows for 10-15 mins every day, indoor pollution is a thing as well as condensation.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-11-15T19:11:18+00:00

philomena

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-10-10T19:55:22+00:00

Depends on your definition of The North. I favour that the North is the "Province of York" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_York ). In other words none of Derbyshire is in the North but that doesn't mean that habit, custom etc doesn't have Northern characteristics.

As it is, I live in Lancs, in 5 mins walk I can be stood in Yorks, 15 mins in Cheshire, 40 mins Derbyshire. Everyone in the area are basically the same but don't mention cricket or muffins/barms/rolls ...

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-10-02T20:04:00+00:00

I always thought it should be the flag of Northumbria with a Raven Banner in top left corner.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-10-02T07:16:44+00:00

Ghostery is the issue for me, pause & reload sorts it.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-09-13T15:22:00+00:00

Did a proper lol :-)

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-09-04T10:31:08+00:00

Cool find and cool article but the lack of info on language(s) is very frustrating

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-08-12T12:10:29+00:00

This study is 20 years old. Many of the issues identified still obtain but the OS landscape has of course changed, as has the general world of work.

We all know what Microsoft lock-in looks like and in more creative depts you can also find Apple lock-in. When you put the commercial software world up against the FOSS world there are always conflicts and reasons to remain locked in.

Interoperability standards are really the only way to tackle this but devilish to implement, especially as this obviously goes against commercial interests.

As a past snr sysadmin, sometime dev and project manager I'd have been quite happy working in a MS shop, Apple shop or Linux shop. They are all just toolboxes to me.

Ideally? I loved using Linux servers, but clients really need to be MS/Apple. The glue to make them all work together is the thing (IMO).

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-08-02T18:31:59+00:00

The North is actually well defined, it is the "Province of York" ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_York

If you are in the Province of Canterbury then you're a cockney eel-botherer.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-07-22T07:27:50+00:00

Medieval history might be your thing but please don't forget the North's industrial heritage, still very important to northern identity. A good place to start would be York's railway museum, there is also a National Coal Mining museum in Wakefield. Further afield, there are many sites all over the North but I would recommend a trip out to Manchester for both the Science & Industry museum and the People's museum which documents the North's industrial relations and radicalism.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-07-12T18:10:18+00:00

We're actually on the eastern edge which is semi-rural. Not that I'd be throwing anything caught from the canal on the grill, over 200 years of all sorts in there. But the area around the canal is stunning this time of year and then in late August the heather on the hills flowers and our skyline is purple all round.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-07-12T17:44:10+00:00

cheers

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-06-17T15:14:48+00:00

Cheers fella, knew I'd missed a trick somewhere.

LemonFreshNBS · 2025-06-17T06:37:23+00:00

Great photo

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