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Baby birds are being spotted around parks and gardens. I saw my first ducklings, young wood pigeons, collared doves and moorhen chicks at Queen’s Gardens recently – they seem to appear here in the city centre earlier than elsewhere. Is it warmer in the city (more sheltered) or is food more readily available? The young woodpigeon was at least four or five weeks old and, allowing three weeks for incubation they must have been building their nests…

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Hi, Eileen. I have made a post in YourSay about groups such as YSRH hoping that any similiar local…

You really don’t have to go far to see wildlife here in Hull. On a short trip along the river front this week-end between Humber Quay and Alexander Dock I saw a fair few feathered-friends. The Woodpigeons are certainly busy breeding. Still feeding the two youngsters from an earlier nest they’re already incubating another pair of eggs, with the parents shuttling back and forth to feed the earlier two – a sort of ‘meals-on-wings’ service! If they’re…

With the weather at the moment it’s difficult to conjure up scenes of hot, sunny days. The weather seems more barmy than balmy! However difficult it might be at the moment to imagine summer, try and imagine summer without butterflies! Does anything epitomise summer more than the butterfly? The Buddleja is in full flower just about everywhere you look at the moment, it’s fragrance carried on even the lightest of breezes. Sometimes (and rightly…

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