Wild and Wonderful

      Like many of you, I took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2025 today. I had hoped for higher numbers, and indeed I saw other bird...

  The first Robin     We settled down this morning with binoculars, mugs of coffee, a pen and a recording sheet to do our bird survey.  It w...

I have not ventured out beyond my patio door, but here are some of the avian visitors who came to our garden today. I gather there are Redwi...

  A bird watch has to begin somewhere, and mine began with the small but distinctive features of this beautiful Blue tit, almost hidden in a...

Robin in our home patch, with currant blossom and forythia In these days of fewer social gatherings, watching the birds and trying to ke...

  Apologies for the photo quality, but these were taken through double-glazing. Both Robin and Bluetit were making the most of our coco...

Some of you will know that we have had builders and decorators in to put right the damage caused by a flood. There has been a fair amount...

The photo above shows one of the feisty Robins, and one of the first birds to clock-in to the count. At this point I would like t...

Winter and spring compete for the upper hand ... ... while the male Great Spotted Woodpecker and the tiny Blue bit share and share...