Usual species on the feeders today. With the weather though, quite a lot. The robin doing its regular hummingbird-like hovering around the suet cakes. The long tailed tit gang scouting the fat-balls. The nuthatches and tits gorging on the black sunflower. My brand new feeder have been coming into their own lately. I got itContinue reading “Garden Birdwatch Result: 22.1.21”
Monthly Archives: January 2021
After Christmas
As a gift, I recieved a bird feeding station and some bird food for christmas. Since we hadn’t fed the birds for a while, I decided to put it up. The pole now stands at the centre of the garden with 8 feeders hanging from it. Mainly suet with a couple of feeders with sunflowerContinue reading “After Christmas”
The Urban Surprise
As we walked down the street, a white flash caught my eye on the river. I stopped and stared in utter shock. 2 large ducks, one white, the other grey. Goosanders. Sadly, I wasn’t equipped with any optics at this time so views were distant but still scarce ducks nonetheless. This comes as only myContinue reading “The Urban Surprise”
Slapton Surprise
It was early evening as we trudged through the mud, coating the path like a blanket. We were at Slapton ley NNR and looking for some birds. Again, my piece of essential gear was my DMC – FZ330 camera. As we strolled down the trail, conditions looked promising. There was plenty of coots on theContinue reading “Slapton Surprise”
Big Garden Birdwatch!
It’s that time of year again! Each year, the RSPB hold the Big Garden Birdwatch where Thousands of people across the UK report their sightings of birds in their garden or area to help conservation work. It’s easy. Dates: 29-31 January How to do: All you have to do is kick back for an hourContinue reading “Big Garden Birdwatch!”
Memories: Reptile On A Cliff
It was October Half term. We’d arrived. Every step drew us closer and closer to Lizard Point, Cornwall. Mud squelched and puddles splashed as we made our way along the messy path. We were surrounded by vast, steep fields as they twisted and turned, climbed and dropped, all trying to get a foothold on theContinue reading “Memories: Reptile On A Cliff”
New Year’s Day Birding
Today we were at Riverside Valley park. Out with my DMC – FZ330, I predicted some good shots and I would be right, I just didn’t know it yet. We started on a path which took us through some ponds and overall marsh areas. Being very cold indeed, most of the ponds had frozen overContinue reading “New Year’s Day Birding”
The Bovey Birder 