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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
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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
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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
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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
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