Monthly Archives: May 2016

HOUSE MARTINS

May is ending and the House Martins are not nesting under our eaves, again, this year. Their presence, and numbers, was a strong attraction of this old farmhouse when we moved in over twenty years ago. The line of mud … Continue reading

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HARRY FRIER AND VICTOR AMBRUS

EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM OF SOMERSET There are two excellent exhibitions at The Museum of Somerset in Taunton, running into July. Both of them justify making a special effort to get in to see them (not on Sundays or Mondays … Continue reading

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SUNSHINE BATS

Yesterday at about five, late afternoon, I watched a swallow swooping through clouds of hovering insects at tree top level, or what I first thought to be a swallow, but I had never seen a swallow jink and turn in … Continue reading

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