National Nest Box Week — Too Lazy To Weed

It’s National Nest Box Week again (14th to 21st February), so no prizes for guessing what today’s blog post is about. The idea of Nest Box Week is to encourage people to put up more nest boxes for their garden birds. It’s coming up to the time of year when birds start thinking about finding […] …

An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved — News : NPR

The mayor of Cremona, Italy, blocked traffic during five weeks of recording and asked residents to please keep quiet so master musicians could play four instruments — note by note — for posterity.(Image credit: Courtesy of Native Instruments ) via An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved — News …

A Day With Seahorses, Platypuses and Echidnas — My Wild Australia

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Te7LKq88c7A?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent I recently went out to a lovely spot called Beauty Point about 40 minutes drive from Launceston in Tasmania and visited Seahorse World and Platypus House. Seahorse World was quite interesting and had plenty of seahorses to watch and discover. There were a number of tanks full of baby seahorses. These were only a …

Watching Devils At Tasmania Zoo — My Wild Australia

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KaPPbEtkPJQ?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent About a 25 minute scenic drive out of Launceston in Tasmania you will find Tasmania Zoo. The day I visited, it was a very cold winter’s morning, and most of the animals seemed to be hidden away sleeping and waiting out the cold. But there was plenty of action and entertainment from the six …