MERLIN IS A HOOT.

An escaped European Eagle Owl  has been perched  on top of a house in OLD TOWN area  of BIDEFORD,DEVON for several days. The  bird is called MERLIN  and is 13 years old. EUROPEAN Female Eagle Owls  can grow to 30 inches -76cms in length and a wingspan of 74 inches -188cms ,males afre slightly smaller. Their nortunal predators and hunt small mammals ,birds,reptiles,amphibians,fish,large insects,earthworms.

BEES CAN HELP?

If you need help with hair growth,treat tumours,inflamation and wounds,fungal and bacterial invasions.Try out a natural sealant used by bees called PROPOLIS could be your answer ,tried on mice by DR.KEN  KOBAYASI,JAPAN.

NORTHAM HISTORY GROUP NEWS.

If you like to see archive  history of Northam,Devon a new room at the Bideford and District    Community Archives.From 1856 to present day and housed at council offices in Windmill  Lane.Run by volunteers and is OPEN MONDAY,WEDNESDAY 9.30 AM TO 1.00 PM Worth a look.

We found an ancient lake on Mars — a sign the planet may have once been habitable

Earlier this week, the scientists running NASA's Curiosity rover announced the mission's latest finding: evidence of an ancient Martian lake that appears to have formed over the course of millions of years and has since dried up. Naturally, this has a lot of people asking the obvious question: Was Mars once home to alien life? This is a difficult question, and one that scientists still don't have a full answer to. But by collecting more and more data with Curiosity and other probes, they're getting a better idea of what Mars looked like billions of years ago. http://www.vox.com/2014/12/11/7376103/mars-curiosity-lake Here's what we know — and how the new finding changes things.READ MORE AND SEE PHOTOS LINK-

D.I.Y FUNERAL?

If struck about paying for  an average  funeral it could cost  3,551 so you could go D .I .Y.Its legal to have home burials as long as the bereaved owns the land freehold .You cannot put the body too close to water  and must be at least 2 feet  below the surface .This seems unlikely but it in this era of funeral poverty  a black bag out to the binman would do,only kidding.

GENDER-NEUTRAL?

Its a strange world when you see an article in the paper stating should books be gender neutral?Here is an example if say Rapunzel escaped her tower  using brawn and brains or a boy or girl cannot be either.This is due to publisher Ladybird plan to make all its titles  gender-neutral.Confused i like boys and girls to make own choices and if not careful in future all kids will be clones of each other its already started.

MAKO WHALE FOUND IN BARMOUTH.

A 10 FT Mako Whale was found at Barmouth,Wales.Normally live in tropical waters,soorry but the shark was found decomposed.