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“… then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
– William Wordsworth
Forage in March for:
Cleavers, Dandelion flowers and leaves, Gorse flowers, Ground Elder , Hop shoots, Alexanders, Primroses, Wild Plum blossom, Sweet Violets
Tag Archives: birds
Wordless Wednesday – Big Garden Birdwatch 2023 will take place between 27th-29th January
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 – Fluff and stuff
As I walked round the pond I spotted a couple of birds busily helping to strip the downy seeds (apologies for picture quality – it was the best my phone could do). I looked them up later and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged birds, Bulrush, Emberiza schoeniclus, Ponds, Reed Buntings, Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve, Typha latifolia, Walks, Wildlife
6 Comments
Six on Saturday – 22/01/2022
Well, there’s definitely noticeable extra daylight in the afternoons now. You can still see what you are doing outside at ~4:30pm. It makes you feel like getting on with a few projects. So we made a start on some work … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, birds, Canna indica, Gardening, Greater spotted woodpecker, nature, vegetables
17 Comments
A walk round RSPB Fowlmere Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged birds, chalk streams, natural springs, nature, RSPB Fowlmere Nature reserve, RSPB reserve, Walks, watercress, Wildlife
18 Comments
A frosty morning walk at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes
RSPB* Fen Drayton Lakes * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a wildlife conservation charity. Initially, the Society (without the Royal) was an all-women movement created in 1889 by Emily Williamson to fight a fashion for feathers … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Walks, Wordless
Tagged birds, Frost, iPhone photography, RSPB, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Walks, wetland
12 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The last apples and the fieldfare
Posted in birds, Wordless
Tagged birds, crab apples, Fieldfare, John Downie, migratory birds, Turdus pilaris, Wildlife, Winter visitors
14 Comments
Mill Road Cemetery: A resting place, a wildlife refuge and community fulcrum
Lockdown has seen me taking local walks in places that I would have never thought to explore (or even walk to) previously. This week, an appointment in town left me with time to kill in Cambridge itself and, as I … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nature, Out and about
Tagged birds, butterflies, Cambridge, iPhone photography, Mill Road Cemetery, Wildlife
23 Comments
#WildWednesday – The long and the short of it
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
Posted in birds, Wildlife
Tagged #WildWednesday, aegithalos caudatus, birds, long-tailed tit, nature, Photography, wildlife gardening
19 Comments
#Wild Wednesday: I spy … a Stonechat
On one of my daily walks this week I noticed an unusual bird in a row of ash trees planted alongside the road. It was hopping from tree to tree, always just ahead of me, rather like a robin would … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged #WildWednesday, birds, countryside, Photography, Saxicola rubicola, Stonechat, Wildlife
17 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Never underestimate the value of a saucer of water to wildlife
* RSPB – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Posted in birds, Nature, Wordless
Tagged birdbaths, birds, Gardening, Muscicapa striata, passage migrant, Photography, Spotted Flycatcher, Wildlife
8 Comments
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