Thrigby Hall in Norfolk (near Great Yarmouth) is a great place to visit for the day. It has a mixture of smaller wild animals that have either been bred in captivity or been rescued. Feeding takes place in the afternoon, and the fruit for ... (more)
The nest has fallen out and two of the three baby blackbirds have died; here's the survivor a few days later, still being fed like crazy by his Dad. He couldn't really survive on the ground either, and died a day later. One thing we noticed ... (more)
BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has, in his own words, been 'caught out by 02 new tweeting service'. He received a text message this afternoon and texted back with his email address (for whatever reason), not realising that ... (more)
... Welsummer Ltd (as of October 2011). Before then, it was owned by... ... GB Oils. Once upon a time BoilerJuice would try to get the best price for you by aggregating quotes from people in the same area and finding the cheapest ... (more)
Electronics Weekly reports on a computer monitor that consumes no power on standby. This could save a lot of electricity when mass-deployed. I'm sure that it couldn't be retro-fitted, however. This is a big problem with consumer electronics ... (more)
Birds can get easily confused. This young robin got stuck on the wrong side of our kitchen window, and only after a photo shoot and random rescue attempts by our 11-year-old did it finally make good its escape. This particular reconnoitring ... (more)
We've had a nest of wrens in a home-made nesting box attached to the wall outside our kitchen, and buried inside a honeysuckle. There were around five chicks in total. One of the chicks hopped out and spent a day hopping around the garden ... (more)
The Norwich Northern Distributor Road has been debated at length and for many years. The essential problem is that it would cut through exceptionally beautiful countryside whichever route it took, and would chop up no end of country lanes ... (more)
I have a Cycliq Fly-6 rear-view video camera in operation during most of my cycling, and this camera provides very good footage of vehicles (and if I'm lucky, the drivers) as they overtake me. I bought this camera in response to a very scary ... (more)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7145608.stm Delegates at the UN summit in Bali agree a deal on curbing climate change after days of bitter wrangling. Incredibly, the US delegates at the Climate Change Summit have agreed to ... (more)
Advice and Tips for baby stuff Here are a few nuggets of information that you might find useful if you're starting a new family or having troubles with the young'uns. There's some information on the pros and cons of bedsharing, including ... (more)