In early November
We have lots of hummingbirds this year. I do not think I have ever seen so many at one place even on our trips to Arizona...
Living with Hummingbirds
It is almost October and these are Anna's hummingbirds and they stay with us all winter.
They were named after Anna Massena,...
Are you ready ? 😊
The blossom is ready ...
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The robin is...
Humingbirds
I have several hummingbird feeders in a view from my computer chair and love to watch their behavior. They are very territorial...
Falconry experience.
Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure to enjoy a few hours at South Cave Falconry in East Yorkshire.
It was a birthday...
One Strange Bird!
Have you ever had something happen to you that defies logic, common sense, the laws of nature...and hard to explain? It all...
Goldcrest
Pair Goldcrest back on the Camellias this morning I first saw the male but by the time I had fetched the camera he had gone...
Visitors
Sometimes we get visitors to our area that cause quite a bit of interest.
One of our local shopping areas [Hessle] has lots...
The Fieldfare Have Arrived
We haven’t seen the fieldfare since the cold winter of 2010. They were zooming around in the wind yesterday but today they...
A New arrival to my yard
while working in the back yard i noticed a head bobbing in the grass near an old tree trunk , a closer look and saw it was...
Rare bird
Have you seen seen in the news about a sighting of the masked wagtail for the first time in the UK? Its on our little cul-de-sac...
The Northern Cardinal
The bright red male northern cardinal, with its conspicuous crest, is one of the most recognizable birds in North America....
Tawny Owl Babies
Well here we are again! So pleased today to see a baby owlett has emerged from our owl nestbox again this year. We think...
Kingfisher
The kingfisher has been visiting our pond for a few years now. Very shy little bird but today we got pics. Well, my daughter...
Bathing of Great Kiskadees
For Terra.
We have a swimming pool on the property but at 25 degrees I am not ready to jump in it as it is not heated at...
The challenge of UPDRAFTS ...
In winter, the garden birds convene in the birch tree.
... the more you look, the more birds you can see ...
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Sometimes,...
Summers here
Summer is officially here saw my favourite birds today a small mob of them 19/05/2014 I'm talking about the fantastic swifts,...
Birds in Our Garden
I thought I would put together a few photos of the birds Wendy and myself, have seen in the last 12 months, in our garden....
Not again surely!
Opened my paper with glee,yes its a nice day (i thought)then it happened ). This opaline blue blob landed on my paper...
Christmas budgies!
Christmas budgies!
To make a rare change this blog will be about the 2 budgies our daughter gave her mum for a twin Christmas/retiring...
CATS AND GARDEN BIRDS
“Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any...
The Birds
I've had a lot of birds in the garden this year, but since about 7 o'clock this morning the three feeders I've got have been...
Lakeland birds
We were lucky enough to spend a few days away this week
on the shores of Lake Windermere. As we know, the weather has been...
Tree Creeper
This little fellow turned up on the feeder a couple of days ago. I'm delighted to have another little bird to add to the...
Chip buttie?
Well,not actually a chip one,more of a seed buttie..As we are trying to keep the birds well fed at the moment..I was wondering...
Waxwings
It was tea time this morning when I looked out of the sitting room window to see – waxwings! We were visited by at least...
BRANCHES EVERYWHERE
Wonderful winter trees ...
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Among the evergreens...
Its that time of year again
Yes it is that time of year again, So off we went up the moors to our favourit spot to see if the bird tables Bob made last...
Two white peacocks.
I found a place where there live white peacocks.
They inspired also the local artist..
Interestingly, I just read, that...
Waxwings in Worcestershire
Last week I spotted a bevvy of twitchers, excitedly taking over the entrance to the large local garden centre, I had to find...
Muncaster Castle visit
We were very lucky last week to enjoy spending a few days in the beautiful Lake District. The weather I'm thankful to say...
The Owl staredown!
A while back we visited a rehab centre for raptors. Some of them cannot be released again, but they perform a vital contribution...
Meet Sky the budgie
I recently took my remaining budgie (refer to previous blog for details), to an avian vet and I told him why I only bought...
R.I.P Little one.
Whilst pottering in my back garden today,I noticed this little greenfinch sitting on the peanut feeder,he sat very still...
Freds' Story
Sometimes nature isn't kind. And sometimes its says to you 'hey wanna help out a bit'?
Ok so there I was contemplating my...
Crested Tits
I hadn't seen my little friends for a while and wondered whether they had come to harm during the very harsh temperatures...
Gorgeous visitor - Crested Tit
This little chap has been visiting off and on for a few weeks now, but until today I had never managed to capture him with...
Thurleston and the River Teign
This little fellow was watching us eat our sarnies,i think its a Bullfinch
Now lets get lunch, I know they are around here...
Cormorant
My son took these pics of the comorant on the River Arun...
He reminds me of a traffic policeman...... :))))
Cordon Bleu Cosmos
After the chat around GoY about Cosmos, I had a really nice surprise this week. Sitting having a cup of tea on the terrace...
A day to remember
And thats what it turned out to be .
Back in June my oldest son Paul informed me my fathers day present would allow me the...
Third Edition*
This pair of youngsters are Lovey and Dovey's third brood this year, they are always ravenous and continually pester their...
GARDEN GUESTS
My dogs enjoy my gardens ...
... and, despite my home being in a fairly built-up area, lots of wildlife garden guests...
Scotland - North Coast
Last weekend was the 40th wedding anniversary for Moongrower and myself and so we took a long weekend to go wildlife watching...
Wildlife in my garden
Most of us tend to have routines we keep to, get up at the same time, shower, breakfast etc. Well, it dawned on me the other...
Baby Doves Update
After my week off i went back to work and the first thing i did was to look for the baby doves ....Yeeahhh there they were...
Well just look at me.....
Could not believe my eyes.......all this was taken from our garden room.!!!
Tuppence the black cat, was in fact more...
Birds!
This has been a long hard winter and we have put a lot of time and money into trying to get the birds through it.We have...
Some wildlife and new bloomers!
We've had a couple of interesting visitors to the garden.
Firstly a green woodpecker
and then a fox. It had an injured hind...
Traffic Chaos
Snow fell in Kent yesterday and all thoroughfares were blocked with vehicles stuck in the snow.....
There has been...
Garden Birds
Cor have i had some new birds in my garden this year.Normally i dont usually have them in my garden, heres a list of birds...
a bid to get the birds back
not seen many birds in last week or two, so sleeves rolled up
lard
seeds
crackers (i must be.)
in fridge overnight..
done!!!
"hi...
Water for your garden birds
I just found this little gem amongst my unread emails (naughty boy !). It's very obvious when you think about it, but that's...
Winter visitors
While all was still under snow and frozen up, we had some winter visitors to our unkempt garden. 6 big thrushlike birds with...
WILDLIFE DRAWINGS
I have always enjoyed sketching but an evening course in 2003, run by a highly talented artist by the name of Mary Hirst,...
Birds!~
Help!
~ yesterday morning we drew the curtains to find the back garden had been invaded!~ a mixed flock of Thrushes,Redwing,Fieldfares...
Getting Brave
This little one started coming in my garden a few days ago but was a bit timid but as you can see Lot more confident
He...
Don't forget the birds
Don't forget the birds.
This snowy weather might be exciting for me who hasn't seen anything like it for over forty years...
*my birdy friends*
i just love watching my birds come to feed in my garden and its a lovely sunny day here in blackpool so they are enjoying...
feeding the birds in the snow
hi guys we have snow again here in blackpool and all over the uk, i want to stress how important it is to feed our feathered...
Warning
On BBC Breakfast this morning there was a warning from rspb NOT to give turkey fat to the birds as its very dangerous for...
no snow
here in blackpool we dont have snow im sorry to say, i know it a pain to most which i can see, when your trying to get to...
Greedy Birds.
Last year I found it such a pleasure to see the different birds that came to my garden. There were Blue Tits, Chaffinches,...
Starlings
Every afternoon the starlings all group together in this tree about four gardens from mine, i would say about 3pm timish...
baby barn owls in the shed....
there is an owl box in the shed down our lane. today the bird man john came to see if we had any babies....
this is john...
Cuckoos!
No...not Goy members but the feathered variety...while we were on the subject of the whistling blackbird we listened to a...
Blackbird with a headache!
Getting ready to go out yesterday, heard that thump, you know the one of bird hitting glass. Looked out the open french...
Baby Hummingbirds
A few weeks ago a friend from work told me that she had a hummingbird nest in her tree and that there were two eggs in it....
Who's surprised?
So there I was quietly pruning the Forsythia and cutting a bit off the Fuschia bush. When I'd finished I decided to cut...
Babies
I woke up this morning before my little girl which is very unuaual for me, my baby lay there fast asleep so I went down stairs...
My Gold Finches
For the past 2/3wks iv seen 4 Beatiful Gold Finches Eatting From & Hopping about in My Laural /Pear Trees ! I was amazed...
A Camera Shy Gold Finch !!!
Been seeing 4 of these in my garden past few days & these are the 1st three photos iv gotten !
Im hopeing theyl get...
Birds In My Garden
I always sit On My Plank Bench Down In Wildlife/Wildflower Garden Area If The Suns Shinning Or If Not to Wet/Cold, i some...
Jumbo Jets in the garden???
Well, I call them that because of the way they land -usually on top of my double primulas! I have been watching this great...
Winter Visitor
As you can probably tell from my garden pictures, the garden is running a little wild at the moment. However, with the recent...
Helping our feathered friends.
If your garden looks like this then obviously not much in the way of gardening can be undertaken.Fortunately the snow covers...
Snow fun being a bird.
Heavy snow and high winds would keep most of us indoors these poor fellas need to keep feeding though...
Think you can just...
Busy life in the garden
I have to laugh at this woodpigeon that spends a lot of time in our garden....he's always busy and looks like a bantam waddling...
ROBIN
Just to let you all know that my robin pic is in THE DAILY MAIL NEWSPAPER today (TUESDAY 6TH JANUARY) bye for now lynwoodview
Pigeon Wont Bath ????
Now This Looks Good!! Its Clean & Just the Right Dept!!! Now to Check The Temperature???
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Black Birds Fruit Tree
This Year i had 2 Broods of Black Birds In the Big Laural Tree @ Bottom Of Garden which is right beside My Cooking &...
Goldfinches.
For quite a while i have had goldfinches coming in my garden, but for about 2 or 3wks there as been none, i keep being told...
Owls In The Night ???
When its late @ night & im sitting in my garden i hear the sound of 2 Owls Hoooting 2 each other? 1 seems2be a very long...
Berries
Hi Every one, have you noticed all the bushes of fully laden with Blackberries, and Elderberries, wild berries, ect, the...
Birdies!
Just as I was wondering whether seeing the cardinal had been a fluke, I saw him again! And this time I managed to get a...
Ant Eater
Here he is the answer to Ants on the Lawn . Appeared this afternoon on the lawn outdide my window where I write this.
Magpies
We seam to have a lot of young Magpies in our garden this year. They are quite amusing to watch the things they do. Like...
Birds of a Feather
Hi all,
Hope everyone is ok this morning i walked my new puppy and when i returned home with her we went into the garden.I...
Fighting birds
I witnessed this in my front garden yesterday. 2 female blackbirds were tearing strips off eachother whilst the male just...
