tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post8115322256137761474..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Rock DrillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-64887744869446681882010-02-19T22:05:37.764+00:002010-02-19T22:05:37.764+00:00I'll look out for that. :)I'll look out for that. :)Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-46805009715389547192010-02-19T13:28:54.464+00:002010-02-19T13:28:54.464+00:00Hi Lesley, these days on only write for the magazi...Hi Lesley, these days on only write for the magazine on an occasional basis, not every month ....I'm doing something on blossom for the Easter edition of Countryfile magazinePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-85879195740018501912010-02-18T11:16:00.420+00:002010-02-18T11:16:00.420+00:00What have I been missing?! How come everyone else...What have I been missing?! How come everyone else knows about you on the radio and I don't?! What stone have I been living under?! :O) <br /><br />Do you still write for the Wildlife Magazine, Phil? I don't buy it on a regular basis but I scoured through a copy the last time I was in W.H.Smiths and couldn't find you.<br /><br />"...a good face for radio." Hee-hee :DLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-73559607200252960912010-02-16T00:35:21.574+00:002010-02-16T00:35:21.574+00:00Thank you.
JohnThank you.<br />JohnJohnnykinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076909025101532481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-5718697408354423152010-02-16T00:21:11.145+00:002010-02-16T00:21:11.145+00:00Thanks John, as far as TV goes, my wife says I hav...Thanks John, as far as TV goes, my wife says I have a good face for radio.... The Bishop's Park is a very good spot for green woodpeckers (and dippers and kingfishers). Ant city is across the park over the bridge which I think is called Bishop Trevor's bridge, then along on your right, all along the south-facting slope.All the best, PhilPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-5145439010789091862010-02-14T23:42:10.518+00:002010-02-14T23:42:10.518+00:00Hello Phil,
I also enjoyed listening to you on Liv...Hello Phil,<br />I also enjoyed listening to you on Living World. Auckland Castle Deer Park has been googled and is firmly on the list of places to see or visit. I especially enjoyed the piece on the ants, as the hairy ants are also on my list from march onwards but also if you had read my blog recently, i enjoyed the bit about the Green Woodpeckers, having seen my first at Big Waters just last week. I think the fact that you "talk too much" is purely down to the enthusiasm you had on the programme and that comes over in your postings on your blogs. Look forward to the T.V. debut.<br />Cheers <br />JohnJohnnykinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076909025101532481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-87954804677460888362010-02-14T18:04:01.836+00:002010-02-14T18:04:01.836+00:00Thanks John and Adam, they told me it was on but I...Thanks John and Adam, they told me it was on but I didn't wake up until about 7.30, so listened on iPlayer. I think I talk too much and need to calm down a bit! The Deer Park is a very pleasant spot, if you are ever in this neck of the woods............Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-56954452385215289012010-02-14T08:51:28.065+00:002010-02-14T08:51:28.065+00:00Hi Phil
Valentine Day morning and I wake up to th...Hi Phil<br /><br />Valentine Day morning and I wake up to the sound of Phil Gates in my ear! How romantic! Great piece on Radio 4's The Living Worl this morning - especially the bit about the left- and right-handed squirrels!<br /><br />AdamAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281715692238043117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-10672480404683589062010-02-14T08:45:02.073+00:002010-02-14T08:45:02.073+00:00Hello Phil. Just a note to say I enjoyed listening...Hello Phil. Just a note to say I enjoyed listening to The Living World, The Deer Park this morning. It was great to put a voice to your photo as well as enjoying an interesting tour.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-32351119787985616872010-02-13T11:42:05.947+00:002010-02-13T11:42:05.947+00:00Hi Adrian, they may be hermaphrodite. I think they...Hi Adrian, they may be hermaphrodite. I think they produce swimming planktonic larvae that then settle and develop into a mini-verion of the adult mollusc...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-77914699742547615712010-02-13T08:22:28.513+00:002010-02-13T08:22:28.513+00:00Phil missed this first time around, I'd never ...Phil missed this first time around, I'd never heard of them. Nothing new there! It reminds me of an old radio programme. Describe something unbelievable then guess true or false. How do they reproduce I wonder?ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-80688534016620738792010-02-10T16:45:04.887+00:002010-02-10T16:45:04.887+00:00It's a pretty amazing lifestyle, isn't it ...It's a pretty amazing lifestyle, isn't it Ellen, but I guess it certainly gives the animal a measure of security...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-82835848499823030612010-02-10T16:43:55.758+00:002010-02-10T16:43:55.758+00:00Interesting point John, I think I read somewhere t...Interesting point John, I think I read somewhere that acid secretions from the tiny mollusc dissolve a pit in the limestone when it first settles, then after that it uses its 'drill' as it grows.......Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-29488072039333971222010-02-09T16:16:14.479+00:002010-02-09T16:16:14.479+00:00Will wonders never cease? What will nature think ...Will wonders never cease? What will nature think of next?Ellen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-36078704105550702792010-02-09T09:03:40.098+00:002010-02-09T09:03:40.098+00:00Fascinating Phil. I wonder how long it takes to dr...Fascinating Phil. I wonder how long it takes to drill the hole.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.com