Albino sparrows

Interesting looking birds! I don’t think I would have known they were sparrows without being told.

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Deer and cows interbreeding

A few months old but still as funny as ever. I urge you all to go here, scroll halfway down and  click on “Deer causing havoc in county Clare”. This is an Irish councillor who is convinced deer and cattle are interbreeding, because the cattle “look very alert”.
Hilarious stuff. The interviewer can’t keep his face [...]

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Why was the mushroom so popular?

Because he was a fun-gi to be with. <Groan> The old ones aren’t necessarily the best, are they? Anyway, it seemed like an apt title for this post. I’m a bit of a (mostly self-taught) amateur biology fan. It’s not for work, university or anything like that, it’s more a sense of amazement at all [...]

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Can you tell what it is?

Q. Can you guess what this is?

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A: A lavender leaf under a microscope! I’m not sure what that little white air sac is. Perhaps a pollen grain.

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Collared Dove

“Soft mist becomes rain
Plump collared dove huddles down
Among the new leaves.”
This photo comes from arthurgrosset.com, so unfortunately I don’t get the credit. It is very similar to one I saw in the garden this morning though. The collared dove isn’t from Ireland – it only got here round about the 1960s, and was very [...]

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