I am afraid this is more of a rant and a plea than the normal blog posts I do. The State of Britain’s Nature report came out today. It makes very depressing reading with most animals, birds, insects and flowers … Continue reading
The feeders have been inundated with birds the last couple of weeks. We've had up to 80 siskins and some Lesser Redpolls. Pictures will follow but for now I've been trying to capture the chaos on timelapse to give a … Continue reading
The little fox came in before the snow The snow started to come down The snow started to stick to the fox By light it was quite thick I had set up the camera to take a time lapse of … Continue reading
We went to Slimbridge for the first time this year, one of my favourite places on earth. Got the year list off to a good start, an easy 48 species, but we missed the Bittern and Water Rail, but you … Continue reading
I have finished Project 365 for 2012 and uploaded the photos. A photo a day for a full year, sometimes you get good photos, sometimes you have to make do. An awful lot of fun though, now to start 2013! … Continue reading
The goldfinch numbers have been building in the garden this week, up to 35 today. The camera was out on Tuesday trying to get shots of them remotely when I was looking in the trees waiting for them to come … Continue reading
I've been trying to get photos of the Coal Tit in the garden, but it never stays still long enough for get a decent shot. I decided to give the Trap Focus function a try. I set the camera up … Continue reading
Over the weekend of the 21-22nd July I took part in a 24 hour Garden Bioblitz. The mission – to find, identify and catalogue everything wild in the garden. I have been quite quiet blogging recently because I’m still IDing … Continue reading
The Blue Tits and Great Tits seem to have banded together with their fledglings as they appeared in the garden for the first time today. They have been in the small wooded area nearby until now. There were a few … Continue reading
The blue tits are nesting in the street light outside MacDonald’s again this year. Must have been a good site last year. At least it must be warm at night! Hopefully this will be more successful than ours, although … Continue reading