Category Archives: birds

Wordless Wednesday – Big Garden Birdwatch 2023 will take place between 27th-29th January

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Frogend_dweller

Read about this year’s event here … and join in if you can!

Posted in birds, Wildlife | Tagged 2023, Big Garden Birdwatch, birds, Citizen science, Pheasant, RSPB, Wildlife surveys | 4 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Babies!

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in birds, Wildlife, Wordless | Tagged Babies, blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, fountains, Photography, wildlife gardening | 14 Comments

A blossom bower

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Deep in the puffs of apple blossom, With surround-sound provided by buzzing bees, A cosy nest has been built. Well, I say ‘built’ and ‘cosy’, but we are talking about wood pigeons here … and that means it’s actually a … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Trees | Tagged Apple blossom, Gardening, iPhone photography, nature, nests, Spring, Wildlife, Wood pigeons | 16 Comments

Six on Saturday – Everything is better in sunshine

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

24/04/2021 What a glorious day! In fact, what a glorious fortnight! We’ll gloss over the corresponding nights of frosts and the damage and hold-ups they are causing in the potting on and planting out department. Nevertheless, there’s plenty of growth … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Six on Saturday, The home garden | Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Corydalis flexuosa 'Purple Leaf', crab apples, Disporum, Fritillaria acmopetala, Gardening, Nesting boxes, Photography, Tulipa whittallii 'Major' | 13 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – The last apples and the fieldfare

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

Posted in birds, Wordless | Tagged birds, crab apples, Fieldfare, John Downie, migratory birds, Turdus pilaris, Wildlife, Winter visitors | 14 Comments

#WildWednesday – The long and the short of it

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Frogend_dweller

This year’s winner, at least in my own counting for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch (end of January), was the Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus. They also happen to be my favourite of our regular visiting birds. Long-tailed tits are a … Continue reading →