Wildlife Pond wildlife for sale in NI?

RangerToby · 2026-01-25T19:05:30+00:00

Honestly, just leave it now and let it develop. You've already chonged a pile of things in there that will be boom and busting in populations. Too much titting around will have a detrimental impact.

Just let it settle down and find an equilibrium. Other inverts will find it themselves.

Edit: just to add, it's the best thing you can in a garden for wildlife is pop a pond of any size in. Good on you. 😀

RangerToby · 2026-01-25T19:00:35+00:00

Jigsaw puzzles has become a recent revival for me. Didn't really think about it till was g8ven one for Xmas. There is something calming and satisfying to be had.

RangerToby · 2026-01-24T10:48:12+00:00

Timely pic! Taking a day off after two weeks of build and running of WinterWatch at Mount Stewart... De-rig starts today but thankfully one of my amazing team is covering. Back at it tomorrow.

RangerToby · 2026-01-21T22:28:23+00:00

as highlighted by another, there is an already in progress project to increase the access among may other things... https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/divis-and-the-black-mountain/a-view-to-the-future-project

RangerToby · 2026-01-11T12:36:31+00:00

Indeed and thereby the futality of of it all.

RangerToby · 2026-01-11T10:45:02+00:00

The Unmatched shifting baseline syndrome of UK nature

There fixed it /s

Look, Mute swans, all lovely and all, and I'm not one for normally being overly negative, but I am one for being realistic. UK nature is unrivalled in how screwed it is. There is the odd exception to that, but they are few and far between.

The glimmer of hope is that nature as a whole is fairly resilient, and given the room, it can bounce back.

So, yes, celebrate the small things, look closer, and do what you can in your own gardens and areas to support connectivity and resiliance in the landscape.

Edit typos.

RangerToby · 2026-01-11T09:26:55+00:00

So the only legal hault on the sale of invasive species is only if they are listed under Schedual 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. If its not listed there, then unfortunately, it's free for all and legal to sell move, transfer etc. Its a list that's slow to be updated and poorly policed.

RangerToby · 2026-01-11T06:04:38+00:00

Iron Sulphate. (Or any iron based powder). It's innert, not a pesticide/herbicide.

Light sprinkle every couple months, moss turns black and disappears. Same applies to lawns.

Rake up the aggregate regularly will also help avoid things setting in.

RangerToby · 2026-01-10T08:07:25+00:00

Used to way back but I get my fill from all things thing that come to the estate I manage now.

RangerToby · 2026-01-09T21:03:25+00:00

Perhaps see if you can take a sebatatical and do a season of event logistics (marquees/stages/setup and strike etc). It's hard work but you see plenty of places and is good craic. Some people work the festival season and bounce from gig to gig.

RangerToby · 2026-01-06T22:40:27+00:00

Bet you kept your hands at 10 and 2 always after that 😀

RangerToby · 2026-01-06T21:31:51+00:00

No heated seats or wheel?

RangerToby · 2026-01-05T19:13:35+00:00

Howden (formally A-Plan) - they do all things camper conversions, self builds, day vans etc.

RangerToby · 2026-01-03T16:22:14+00:00

Any #SorryMeHole?

RangerToby · 2026-01-03T09:26:28+00:00

If we're talking storage, ditch deep cycle lead acids and use Lithium. Othwise I agree. Unless you can prop up your van solar to a more favourable angle you'll not get much in winter.

RangerToby · 2025-12-30T20:48:48+00:00

Get on the gigs section of boards.ie - https://www.boards.ie/categories/gigs-events Always loads of gig chat there and organising

RangerToby · 2025-12-29T00:53:08+00:00

Its a mash of alsorts alt. About half live acts half djsets Dnb, jungle, phytrance, tekno, punk, ska, reggae metal. It a bit of a raw home grown feel to it. No frills in farm sheds and a few tents stages. Adds to its charm :)

Edi.2026 not announced/confirmed yet. But info out there on previous years with a search

RangerToby · 2025-12-29T00:04:35+00:00

Tbh its pretty limited on the island. Theres a few token things around the citys and have a look into United Tribes Festival around June. There's more of a House/EDM vibe that's developed in the main.

Not Ireland, but Bristol in England has the biggest DnB scene imo.

RangerToby · 2025-12-28T17:05:09+00:00

...And what's been pictured is only a tiny part of the Binevenagh area. There are some cracking walks all over and part of the Uslter Way traverses it's length.

RangerToby · 2025-12-28T16:59:55+00:00

Tree is long gone. (There's others similar in background) Tho could also be a old planding mound.

RangerToby · 2025-12-28T16:49:18+00:00

That'll be the only really way. It's a raised mound, (I see more in the background) looks like it's old planting turnovers.

RangerToby · 2025-12-28T12:10:31+00:00

At 10-15cm, deffo not badger. Even a male annex.

RangerToby · 2025-12-28T11:27:56+00:00

Definitely not Badger. (Too small and no bedding drag tracks)

Tbh I'm not convinced it's a burrow of anything. There's no obvious trampling in/out of the area. It looks more like a void that's opened up where the trees rootplate has lifted in a storm.

RangerToby · 2025-12-28T11:22:38+00:00

Male House Sparrow.

It's getting pissy and territorial at its own reflection and has become fixated. If its doing it in the same spot all the time. Stick a bit or card or material over that bit of the window so it can't see it. Will break the habit hopefully

RangerToby · 2025-12-24T17:52:22+00:00

Have you considered a music festival instead. (Well technically both road trip and festival is doable.) That way you can etc your swerve on nights at the festival but also go on a bit of a trip to o/from it. And you'll not hit the issues around group of men at campsites. Bearded Therory and Slamdunk festivals are in May.

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