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”
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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”
December stories
Hi everyone! I know I haven’t wrote for a while but I have been very busy indeed! I have been counting up my gift money from Christmas and have finally got a new camera. I’ve only used it twice but it is of really high quality. I think it’s called the Panasonic Lumix DMC –Continue reading “December stories”
Home Address: 15th October 2020
We were outside on the drive, looking up at the sunset. Suddenly, a distant flock of birds came into view. Their flight was very undulating, seeming to be going everywhere. At first, because of the formations they were making, I thought they might be geese but just to confirm, I ran into the house andContinue reading “Home Address: 15th October 2020”
Bowling Green Marsh: Sunday 13th September 2020
We started the walk going down the road that led to the reserve. Just when we’d left the car, we heard a sound. We looked up and saw a green woodpecker flying right above our heads. First catch of the day. As we walked further, the sound of brent geese was everywhere. In a fieldContinue reading “Bowling Green Marsh: Sunday 13th September 2020”
