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“All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth,
soon slays with parching power.”– Alighieri Dante
Forage in August for:
Blackberries, Elderberries, Damsons, Hazelnuts, Wild Plums, Wild Strawberries
Tag Archives: nests
A blossom bower
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
Wordless Wednesday – All in a day’s work: Wasp papier-mâché creations
Posted in Nature, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged France, Insects, nests, paper wasps, papier-mâché, Photography, Polistes, Wildlife
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The Tree of Life
Posted in Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Winter, Wordless
Tagged Black squirrel, Blackbird, crab apples, Gardening, nests, Photography, Wood pigeon
13 Comments
The nesting golden delicious
We were clearing the last of the fallen apples last week when we came across a funny vignette: I am not exactly sure which bird built this nest (it looks quite large and similar to examples of blackbird nests I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Trees, Wildlife
Tagged apples, Blackbird, Espalier, Gardening, golden delicious, nesting materials, nests, Wildlife
6 Comments
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