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Wild Birds: Protected or Not?
A great number of the questions that we get asked refer to nuisance bird s such as Magpies and Gulls. Are they a protected species? What can I do to stop magpies attacking the birds in my garden and so on? I’ve therefore decided to try to get [...]
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Incy Wincy Spider
Yesterday I saw something that freaked me out a bit. On returning from a dog walk I saw what looked like a couple of bits of moss suspended by my back door. They looked a bit like a trendy christmas decorations that you would hang on a pine tree if you wanted to create [...]
Eradicate the Rodent
You’re lying there in the dead of night having counted heaven knows how many sheep, still unable to drop off, when you hear that familiar scratching or tapping sound. It may be of little comfort to know that one of these three suspects could be the culprit. You [...]
Holy Moley
“‘Mole,’ said the Badger, in his dry, quiet way, ‘I perceive you have more sense in your little finger than some other animals have in the whole of their fat bodies.’” K. Grahame, The Wind in the Willows If you’re reading this blog, you are undoubtedly the victim of one of the most mysterious little [...]
Cluster Flies
The Common Cluster fly belongs to a family of flies called Pollenia and is a medium sized, nuisance fly about 10mm in length, greyish olive in colour and adorned with golden hairs which makes them quite distinctive to the trained eye. They are also more sluggish in nature than other flies of the same size [...]
The Natural Way to Control Pests
The Power Daisy Pyrethrum is a botanical insecticide produced primarily in the flowers of Tanacetum cinerariaefolium, a species of the chrysanthemum plant family. Growing pyrethrum is both a skill and a way of life for many growers. Pyrethrum plants can produce as many as 400 flowers per plant and grow best in locations with well-drained, [...]
