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
After a very slow start to the season the hedgehogs are coming out of hibernation en masse. All have been a good weight so far, but it's been mainly males so far. The colour diner is starting to prove quite … Continue reading
Last week a blackbird started to build a lovely nest in the garden, I managed to get a cam on it to watch. Also got some lovely stills. All was looking good, then I collapsed Not deterred, she started to … Continue reading
I have suspected for sometime that the wood mice were nesting in the bumblebee box in the insect hotel. I was surprised however to catch the moment when the little ones emerged for the first time. Seems like mum has … Continue reading
After a long winter, at 11:21pm on 19/03/2013, a hedgehog finally emerged from its winter slumber and returned to the garden! It's great to have them back Posted with Blogsy … Continue reading
With the Hedgehogs about to start emerging the time is right to think about gardening for the wildlife, and an important thing they need is housing! I have been trying out the new Hedgehog House with Hinged Inspection Roof from Ark … Continue reading
When I did BBC Autumnwatch, they asked my to write a blog post for their website about encouraging Hedgehogs into your garden. As the weather is now getting nicer and the hogs will be out soon, I thought I should … 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 snow has brought in a lot of birds, Song thrushes and Mistle thrushes, but today 2 Fieldfares turned up to finally eat the apples I’ve had out. A one point today we had 17 Blackbirds, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 … 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