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“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves.”– Ann Drake
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Tag Archives: Wildlife
Six on Saturday – Gasping
06/08/2022 A lot of us are suffering from the same lack of rain, but the East of England seems to be getting a rather short straw as usual. We’ve had nothing here, other than the briefest of showers, since April. … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday, Uncategorized
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Bird baths, Cobaea scandens, Eupatorium, Gardening, Kohl Rabi, pomegranates, Six on Saturday, Verbena hastata, Wildlife
26 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Never gonna let you go!
( Title after Sergio Mendez, picture captions after Rick Astley 😉 )
Posted in Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged damselflies, Garden ponds, Gardening, iPhone photography, pondlife, Wildlife
6 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
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
Wordless Wednesday – Cornflower blue
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Bees, Bombus locorum, centaurea cyanus, Cornflower, Gardening, Photography, white-tailed bumblebee, Wildlife
10 Comments
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 – 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
#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
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