5 April 2024
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Since my post earlier this week, we’ve spotted the greenfinches a couple more times and the chaffinches have paid a visit most days. No siskins yet but I did see a pair of grey wagtails this morning. Those are the … Continue reading
1 April 2024
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Towards the end of February I mentioned how our ‘goldfinch feeder’ took a couple of months before the local goldfinches picked up on it. Since then it has become a regular feeding slot and it isn’t unusual to see both … Continue reading
28 January 2024
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According to the page for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, our efforts were above average for sparrows (we saw 7 compared to a Leicestershire average of 4) but on the low side for total birds seen (19 compared to an … Continue reading
13 April 2023
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Jane and I were up very early yesterday to walk to nearby Dishley Pool for a dawn chorus walk led by the RSPB. Compared to later in the day, the weather was glorious and the brightening sky was wonderfully clear. … Continue reading
12 May 2021
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Not me but this sparrowhawk. You can see him sitting on the fence. His face is not very clear in the photograph below but at least you are spare the details of his meal. I think the meal was one … Continue reading
28 March 2021
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Before you ask, no, I don’t have a brand new invention I can tell you about five years ago. However, the annual switch from GMT to BST allows a limited form of time travel. As far as the birds are … Continue reading
18 March 2021
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It must be nesting season – we’ve noticed a lot of birds in our garden recently for not just the feeders but also flying off with twigs, grass and other nest-building material. A particular favourite seems to be the cut … Continue reading
14 March 2021
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The photo of a mute swan above was taken almost exactly nine years ago when Jane and I visited Slimbridge Wetland Centre in 2012 but we saw one or two swans this morning. Our first siting was a small flight … Continue reading
31 January 2021
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Did you take part in the RSPB’s 2021 Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend? We did ours yesterday morning. The conditions were less than ideal — cold and wet — but we had a decent throughput of birds. Generally our visitors … Continue reading
7 January 2021
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If you click on the picture above to view it on Flickr and compare with the next shot in the collection, showing the same view in October, you will see all sorts of differences. We have a shed, the tool … Continue reading