Category: 1. January 2022
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Why the Lappinch?
So you may be wondering why we picked the lapwing as the focus for our project? Many reasons – their jaunty good looks; their madly tumbling display flight on oversized wings; their simple yet distinctive “pe-wit” call as a traditional sound of Spring; distant memories of a childhood birdwatching trip with a long-departed grandfather? All…
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Mud Sticks – part 2
Another muddy incident today when two young friends came to play. The muddy walk was described and appreciative grins appeared. Wellies were donned, the stomp up to the ponds was slightly less sploshy as it was colder and the ground had not thawed fully from previous negative temperatures. Perhaps this led to a false sense…
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Mud Sticks – part 1
You would think that if you created a field of mud you would attract swallows or wagtails… in fact you attract small children. Kids who would never normally consider going for a walk as a fun prospect suddenly scramble to don their wellies when you mention the magic word. After Christmas we held a small…
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Branching Out
The recent storms have seen some huge branches come crashing down off various trees around our fields. It proved a good excuse to get out the chainsaw and prepare some firewood! As we moved from tree to tree, we met our new neighbours through the hedge, who were dealing with a similar problem. It’s very…
Hope for the Lappinch 