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Hoverflies – The Great Pretenders It is a sunny summer’s day and you are walking along a scenic path fringed with wild flowers. Suddenly a black and yellow insect flies up from a flower and hovers on the spot, right
Read MoreTaming your feral or stray cat It’s not easy to make friends with a stray or semi feral cat; a cat will be thinking who is this big thing trying to pick me up? Their defence mechanism will kick in
Read MoreSpecies of the month: Domestic Cat Welcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two volunteer Ambassadors for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch Scheme in South Wales. Each month I introduce you to a bird or
Read MoreSPOTLIGHT ON LETTINGS Change in Regulations brings Landlord Licencing to Wales Lettings expert, Hannah McCartan, Director of multi-award winning agency McCARTAN LETTINGS, explains that changes to regulation in Wales will require all Landlords to be registered and if they manage
Read MoreDR ISABELLA BREY’S INSECTS FOR JULY ARE THE SEEMINGLY MAGICAL DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES – BUT NOT EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN IS LOVELY Of Damsels and Dragons On sunny summer days near lakes and streams, dragonflies delight with their spectacular aerobatics
Read MoreGardening advice for the new (and not so new) gardener Well we’ve experienced some extremes, weather wise over the last few months! A fantastically warm April, a colder than normal May and so far a windy June. However, according to
Read MoreLooking after your cat in the sunshine With summer and warmer weather almost upon us it is important to look after our little furry friends. Cats are very susceptible to heatstroke in excessive heat conditions due to their small body
Read MoreBIRD OF THE MONTH FOR JULY: Song Thrush Welcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two Ambassadors for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch Scheme in South Wales. Each month I introduce you to a bird
Read MoreVaccinating your pets In this issue Geraint tackles the serious subject of vaccinating your pets With the public’s reliance on the internet for information and the huge influence of social media on our lives, clients in veterinary practice are generally
Read MoreDr ISABELLA BREY’S INSECTS FOR THIS ISSUE ARE CHAFER BEETLES, OF WHICH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT KINDS… Cockchafers & Co. big, bold, and beautiful Also referred to as ‘Maybugs’ because they emerge from hibernation this month, Cockchafers will
Read MoreDIG IT Gardening Advice for the NEW (and not so new) gardener Crumbs, we’ve had a mild winter and a really warm start to the season. The runner bean ‘tubers’ I’ve been storing in the garage started sprouting back in
Read MoreWhat’s in a name A NEW SURVEY FROM CATS PROTECTION HAS SHOWN THAT THE MOST POPULAR FELINE NAME IN WALES IS POPPY FOR A FEMALE CAT AND CHARLIE FOR A MALE CAT. Despite the popularity of both names, the
Read MoreBird of the month: Chaffinch Welcome to this month’s Bird Watch. I’m one of two volunteer Ambassadors for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch Scheme in South Wales. Each month I introduce you to a bird or other
Read MoreLadybirds gorgeous killer cannibals This month, ladybirds are out and about again after having spent almost six months in hibernation hidden under bark, among leaf litter, or sometimes even in houses. Ladybirds are named after the Virgin Mary (‘Our Lady’),
Read MoreZoologist, Dr ISABELLA BREY has another insect for us this month, The bumblebee Nurseries and Hostile Takeovers, right under our very feet March is the month in which the queens of many of the 19 British social bumblebee species emerge
Read MoreDIG IT GARDENING ADVICE FOR THE NEW (AND NOT SO NEW) GARDENER Well what a mild winter! So mild the runner bean tubers I’ve been storing in the garage started sprouting in December. The cold snap in February soon brought
Read MoreLandhoppers TERRESTRIAL ALIENS IN SWANSEA WE HAVE BIRD OF THE MONTH AND UPDATES ON FURRIES BY GERAINT JONES OUR LOCAL VET, CATS PROTECTION KEEP US INFORMED OF CATS AND KITTENS LOOKING FOR NEW HOMES BUT WE DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE
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