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“Colored scents that fill the air as drowsy insects hum around in the meadow is the place of secret magic where nature alone renews itself.”
– Kate Bergquist
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Mallow, Yarrow, Fat Hen, Dog Rose, Honeysuckle, Chickweed, Wild Strawberries
Category Archives: birds
Wildlife Wednesday – Searching for the last juicy morsels
It has got to the time of year when our natural hedgerow larders are nearly running empty and wildlife is looking for alternatives. Over the last month I’ve noticed occasional scurrying around the olive tree pots under our pergola. Mostly … Continue reading
Posted in birds, The home garden, Wildlife
Tagged Bird feeders, blue tits, Gardening, Photography, Voles, Wildlife
23 Comments
Big Garden Birdwatch 2019
This weekend is the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2019 (26th-28th January, i.e. it includes Monday, which is an allowance for busy weekends, bad weather and possibly easy school participation I think). Many of us take part in this every year … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged #BigGardenBirdWatch, Bird feeders, birds, Gardens, Photography, RSPB, Wildlife
5 Comments
Wordless Wildlife Wednesday – Birds
Linking to Tina’s thoughtful wildlife post on mygardenersays.
Posted in birds, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged Bird feeders, birds, Blackcap, fountain, long-tailed tit, Photography, wildlife gardening, Winter
6 Comments
Have a Happy Christmas and … Go Wild
Best wishes to everyone for a very Happy Christmas! Also, you might be interested to know that The Wildlife Trusts are sharing a new winter wildlife challenge with us in the form of ‘7 days of Wild Christmas’ (#7DaysofWildChristmas). It … Continue reading
Posted in birds
Tagged #7DaysofWildChristmas, Gardening, Happy Christmas, nature, Photography, The Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife challenge
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Angry Bird!
Posted in birds, Wildlife, Winter
Tagged birds, fieldfares, fountains, Gardening, Photography, wildlife gardening, Winter visitors
5 Comments
Wildlife Wednesday: November – Patient and deadly
Our fish have gone. Our lovely new (and therefore newly stocked) pond has been raided. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise I suppose. I’d even noted a heron flying over the village a few times recently. Then I began … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Wildlife
Tagged birds, Gardening, Grey heron, Photography, predators, Sparrowhawk, Wildlife
9 Comments
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
10 Comments
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
18 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Catching the Rays
Posted in birds, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged birds, fountains, Gardening, juveniles, Photography, sunbathing, water
14 Comments
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
9 Comments
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