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Category Archives: birds
September Wildlife Sightings – On the cusp
You know that autumn is here when the spaces between everything in the garden are filled with large webs and, more disturbingly, large spiders. There are loads of garden cross spiders stretched across our front garden path waiting pendulously to … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, birds, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged autumn, Bees, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Photography, Ponds, spiders, wildlife gardening
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Wildlife in June – Flying High
One of the main features of the wildlife seen around the garden during June was that it was largely airborne: New generations of birds, bees, beetles, butterflies and dragonflies were on the wing, flying high and purposefully from tree to … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Wildlife
Tagged damselflies, Dragonflies, Photography, pied wagtail, Ponds, wildlife gardening
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Wordless Wednesday – Catching the Rays
Posted in birds, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged birds, fountains, Gardening, juveniles, Photography, sunbathing, water
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Wildlife roundup for April – My, what a long tongue you have!
All the better to … reach the nectar. Take a look at the length of this tongue for instance: This is the Hairy-footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) and is a new bee to me this spring. That is not quite … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, birds, Wildlife
Tagged bee fly, Gardening, Hairy-footed flower bee, Magpies, Photography, Swallows, Tawny mining bee, wildlife gardening
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March wildlife roundup – Walking on stilts
So rain, rain and more rain. The rivers are bursting their banks and flowing over the roads round here. Routes out of the village to the south are getting a bit risky. The footpaths, in places, are Somme-like and require … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, birds, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Bumblebees, Grey heron, nuthatch, Pheasants, Photography, wildlife gardening
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Wordless Wednesday – A mindful approach to eating!
Posted in birds, Wildlife, Winter
Tagged birds, Chaffinch, mindfulness, Photography, Seed feeders, sunflower hearts, wildlife gardening
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Wildlife Wednesday – January’s Birdwatch
This post is in essence a reminder to myself to submit the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results … before 18th February. The Big Garden Birdwatch has been running for nearly 40 years. It was started in 1979 as a fun … Continue reading
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Tagged Bird feeders, birds, Chaffinches, counts, Gardening, nature, Photography, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, Wildlife surveys
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