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Post by Gigi on Sept 20, 2024 7:28:56 GMT 1
We normally see quite a lot of bats here in the Gard, whirling around towards the trees then close to our second floor balcony, lovely sitting out there watching, particularly when they whizz past so close.
It’s forecast to be cloudy all day today, a pity after arriving down here in warm sunshine yesterday.
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Post by Gigi on Sept 20, 2024 9:51:26 GMT 1
The forecast is wrong so far - the sun is now out in a clear blue sky!
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curtis
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Post by curtis on Sept 20, 2024 11:00:59 GMT 1
Im coming down to la Dordogne Saturday Sunday for some motorsport. A montée historique (course de côte) at Eymet. Forecast does not look good.
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Post by lapourtaider on Sept 20, 2024 18:23:58 GMT 1
We still have bats , three in the bedroom last week , saw one this morning when I opened the kitchen door , still a bit dark . What was it doing in the kitchen......😁
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Post by cernunnos on Sept 20, 2024 20:51:51 GMT 1
We still have bats , three in the bedroom last week , saw one this morning when I opened the kitchen door , still a bit dark . What was it doing in the kitchen......😁 t'was outside, I was up early , we went to the lab with lamb poo for a copro.
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Post by iolar on Sept 21, 2024 8:53:18 GMT 1
We still have bats , three in the bedroom last week , saw one this morning when I opened the kitchen door , still a bit dark . When we lived 30K north in the Aveyron we had two fly into the bedroom. As usual Angela never woke up a lot like my dad who slept through bombing raids in north Africa. It took the bats half an hour to find their way out. There are a few who live in the loft of an empty house in the next street. Very worrying because this year a lot of birds we used to see in the garden have failed to show - tits,robins and a few other species. Also just recently the bread, pasta I put out for the sparrows has gone uneaten, the same for the fat that the crows and magpies would have devoured in minutes - very strange.
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Post by lapourtaider on Sept 21, 2024 9:09:51 GMT 1
Im coming down to la Dordogne Saturday Sunday for some motorsport. A montée historique (course de côte) at Eymet. Forecast does not look good. Enjoy Eymet. Lovely place to visit.
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curtis
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Post by curtis on Sept 21, 2024 9:18:52 GMT 1
I have been before and yes it is very pretty. A friend owns the Pizza restaurant under the arches. I'll be more concentrating on the driving than visiting!
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Post by cernunnos on Sept 21, 2024 9:26:03 GMT 1
We still have bats , three in the bedroom last week , saw one this morning when I opened the kitchen door , still a bit dark . When we lived 30K north in the Aveyron we had two fly into the bedroom. As usual Angela never woke up a lot like my dad who slept through bombing raids in north Africa. It took the bats half an hour to find their way out. There are a few who live in the loft of an empty house in the next street. Very worrying because this year a lot of birds we used to see in the garden have failed to show - tits,robins and a few other species. Also just recently the bread, pasta I put out for the sparrows has gone uneaten, the same for the fat that the crows and magpies would have devoured in minutes - very strange. The population of field birds has decreased by 40% in the last 30 years due to the lack of insect food that has been destroyed by pesticides.
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Post by lapourtaider on Sept 21, 2024 14:16:30 GMT 1
I have been before and yes it is very pretty. A friend owns the Pizza restaurant under the arches. If you're talking about the Italian in the corner. Lovely food, but service 50/50. I once got treated really badly during covid there. Long story but my complaint was dealt with correctly.
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Post by Gigi on Sept 21, 2024 14:27:11 GMT 1
The forecast for today was wrong again; it said cloudy almost all day but we’ve mostly had sunshine with a strong breeze and 25C, very pleasant - I’ve been sitting out on the balcony since we returned from lunch.
Tomorrow we’re forecast rain with a thunderstorm later in the day. I think a walk early tomorrow would be best then we can sit and watch the storm from our loggia - the estate agent was delighted that we’ve a loggia, just part of the balcony to us! 😁
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Sept 21, 2024 16:25:14 GMT 1
Lovely all over the place today we were in the 87 dep then the 23 I earned 75 euros, sold a new chimney liner I will never use for 60 euros and 15 for a stuffed squirrel 😃
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Post by cernunnos on Sept 21, 2024 20:02:07 GMT 1
Still waiting for the forecast rain!!!!
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exile
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Post by exile on Sept 21, 2024 20:29:10 GMT 1
Very worrying because this year a lot of birds we used to see in the garden have failed to show - tits,robins and a few other species. Also just recently the bread, pasta I put out for the sparrows has gone uneaten, the same for the fat that the crows and magpies would have devoured in minutes - very strange. If you are feeding the wild bird fat, bread and pasta, you might just be contributing to the decline. You are providing your birds with the equivalent of a human diet composed of chips, pizza and crisps. Bread and pasta will fill stomachs but provides little nutrition. Fat may be a little better but little is the operative word. Garden birds need seeds and insects and carrion birds need flesh. Deprive them of that via pesticides, insecticides or providing a dreadful diet and the numbers will fall. Be brave. Go to the shops and buy some proper bird food and fat balls (which are rich in seeds not just fat).
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Sept 21, 2024 23:07:18 GMT 1
Still waiting for the forecast rain!!!! Ah .. I think we might have pinched some of your rain .. we had a short, but very heavy, downpour late this morning. Gosh it was fierce while it lasted.
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