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Thanks, how did I miss that?! Anyway, yes that is better like that, thanks for your help.

Hi, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but would there be any chance of changing the way the charts are updated? I often find myself reverting back to the charts from wetterzentrale due to the fact that when I check the charts at http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=nwdc;sess=, they are being updated which means the previous run is removed. When using the charts from wetterzentrale, the previous run is still visible until the complete set is added, i.e. it only updates the individual charts when they are available, hope that makes sense. I'll look forward to you reply. Thanks Duncan

I've voted yes but I don't think the question quite relates to the article. I would not want the Panda to become extinct but agree that the Panda should not have the priority over other species just because it looks cuddly and is such an icon. More effort needs to be done to stop the deforestation.

Nice photo's, I've often flown along the north coast of Oman when visiting India via Dubai, every time I've flown over it looks really dry (usually as it's between Nov and Feb) but you can see deep gorges in the rock which seem to indicate there are at times very heavy rains. I always find it quite majestic flying over Oman as the mountains are huge and apart from along the coast there is nothing for miles and miles.

Hardly worth a mention but it is snowing ever so slightly here from the percipitation coming from the North West

Just returned from a walk up Tan Hill (294m ASL, one of the the highest points in Wiltshire), snowing there, well wet snow anyway. The lengths I go to to see snow

The storm we had here in Amesbury/Durrington earlier was really something else, Durrington was certainly flooded, I was driving through what was effectively a large river, the water was running into people's houses . Lightning was everywhere too, I had it strike an electricity pylon in front of me with sparks everywhere. Certainly one of the worse storms I've ever experienced. On top of that there was really heavy hail.

Me too, having always lived here near Stonehenge, I've always enjoyed them in the surrounding countryside, they're everywhere.

Yes, I saw some swallows just outside Calne on Saturday

Thanks for that Mr Data, I've never really given much thought on the subject but had no idea it was to do with the moon and the equinox, very interesting.

Me neither, I do have a 2 litre car but as I car share, it only gets used 1 in every three weeks for a 16 mile return journey to work, yet I'll be penalised more than somebody driving a less polluting car every day, the math doesn't add up. If I was to buy a smaller car I wouldn't be able to get all 4 people in the car.

I forgot about this thread, I had a pheasant come through my garden for the first time the other day, definitely lost as this is a housng estate and I'm somewhere near middle, the picture's actually on the other side of my neighbours garden where he continued on his exploration mission...

Here's the poor little fella...

Unfortunately I had an ill looking Goldfinch by my pond last weekend, he went eventually but he was all fluffed up, I hope he wasn't suffering from the Trichomonas parasite

Brilliant Roger, very entertaining :lol:

My parents text me from Benidorm saying how they had torrential rain and thunder on Thursday with shops flooded

I remembered reading through this post the first time and thought then, what a good variety of birds some people get. Unfortunately I don't normally get anytyhing more than collared doves, blackbirds, the odd passing sparrow and wood pigeons but tonight I had a couple of grey wagtails visit my pond, it was good to see them feeding and drinking.

Thanks but I think I've had enough for now, if anyone's interested, the complete gallery slideshow showing the progress is on my Live Space... My Garden

Yep, you're not wrong there. Thanks for everyone's comments. It actually looks like today's going to be a good day to enjoy it. Have fun! Duncan

Good luck with your project Mark, it's really rewarding when it's complete, after reading this I thought I'd post the before and after pictures of my garden... My Garden

As I noticed Mark Bayley is working on his garden at the moment (good luck by the way), I thought I'd just share the before and after shots of my garden which I finally finished this year, thanks to the weather the plants are taking on well too (about the only good thing with the weather), I really didn't like the original railings as it separated the top of garden from the house so these were removed and in went my pond. I've got loads more in progress shots too... Before... After...

Excellent skies there Andy. Here's my second, another sunset, I must try something different for my third.

Yes, although I haven't seen it, apparently Shrewton on Salisbury Plain was on the local TV news this morning showing floods (not sure how bad) but the river there is never usually flowing this time of year.

N-W's radar accumulation is showing (if I'm reading it right) figures between 30-40mm in the last 24 hours with some areas up to 56mm in a line roughly between the Brighton coast and Bristol but locally I'm sure there is more in places.

I know you mean, it's really dark here in Salisbury and still raining, according to the radar map all this area has had some of the largest accumulations in the last 24 hours.