Monday 15 January 2018

New Year greetings... and today's (grey) visitors


Belated wishes for a happy new year! 

I saw two Grey Squirrels in the garden today: while this one had knocked his food off the Silver Birch branch and was gorging away at ground level, the other was scampering up the bark, only to find an empty tree. 

The Grey Heron has become a fairly regular visitor in, or usually above, our local patch. I love watching the touchdown as those ungainly wings come in to land.


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9 comments:

  1. Lowcarb team member16 January 2018 at 00:26

    Happy New Year Wishes to you too!

    Lovely photographs, I do enjoy watching squirrels - they can be quite fascinating.

    Enjoy the rest of January.

    All the best Jan

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  2. Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!16 January 2018 at 08:19

    Happy New Year Caroline. Delightful photos. (I used to confuse herons with storks.)

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  3. Crafty Green Poet16 January 2018 at 10:16

    Lovely photos Caroline!

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  4. eileeninmd16 January 2018 at 12:45

    Happy New year! Love the Heron! Happy Tuesday, enjoy your day and week ahead.

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  5. Simon Douglas Thompson16 January 2018 at 17:13

    Looking for goldfish ponds!

    There's a very fat squirrel who lives on my driveway that I'm sometimes able to photograph.

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  6. Jennifer Tetlow17 January 2018 at 07:52

    Seems to be a time for Herons - I've seen one in the field above the workshop a few times recently, and yesterday one flew through the village, quite low. An unusual sight! Wish I'd had my camera. Love your picture of one on the roof.

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  7. David M. Gascoigne,17 January 2018 at 10:56

    The shot of the Grey Heron on the roof with the lichen (at least I think it's lichen) is terrific. Herons are always interesting birds to see, especially as they drop out of the sky.

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  8. Ragged Robin17 January 2018 at 11:52

    Lovely photos - I do enjoy watching the antics of squirrels in the garden.

    Wishing you a Happy New Year :)

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  9. Mary18 January 2018 at 02:51

    Love the squirrel! Great photos.

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