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Did you know that when baby gulls see the red spot on their parents' bills, they know to start pecking for food there? Adult gulls throw-up food for their chicks to eat and seeing the red spot triggers off the chicks' pecking activity.


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Hop-Tree
hop-treePtelea trifoliata L.
Fruit of the hop-tree can be substituted for 'hops' in flavouring beer. Fruits remain on the tree throughout most of the winter. Buds are partially sunken into the (twig) bark and are not visible until after leaf-fall.



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