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Eye on Nature: Eggshells, butter tastes, insects, bark marks, moths and butterflies Ethna Viney answers your nature-related questions
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I found this portion of a blackbird’s egg on my avenue on March 22nd. Could they have hatched this early?
Martin Byrnes, Oranmore, Co Galway
It could have been hatched if the bird started laying very early in March.
Why does Irish butter taste better than all the others? My unsubstantiated opinion is that the taste is driven by the kind of limestone in the soil.
Ned Monaghan, New Canaan, Connecticut
Diet affects the flavour of milk, and grass-fed cows produce the best flavours, although some wild plants produce off-flavours.