Such A Beautiful Morning In The Jungle.

It must be nice to have a jungle right by your house :o))
I'm glad you have a sunny mild day.

It is quite nice Hywel, the girls like it too :-))

Lovely Louise still freezing here - if we are 'lucky' it might creep up to 0 around noon. Then Mr MB & I will go for a walk before the temperature drops again. It may be seasonal and festive but I'd love for the snow and ice to go now... we've had for over a week - that is long enough!

Yes, too much, too long !

I hope you enjoy your walk :-)

Pretty photos, Louise.
Happy Boxing Day... :o)

Thank you TT :-))
Happy Boxing Day to all of you too :-)

Happy Boxing day Louise, loved the walk. I love watching the sparrow hawks out in the open, not when they come in the garden the little birds vanish for days when he's been :0))))

Lovely Louise...I hadn't realised how close the "Jungle" was to your house...it makes the area quite private doesn't it, and thats nice :-))). Its a bit warmer here today....the temp just hovering around freezing....had a nice walk with OH down to the paper shop for a bit of fresh air......

I didn't see your original blog Louise. What a lovely area to have outside your house! The weather here is bright as well but maybe not quite so mild. Christmas Day was a beautiful bright but cold day here as well!

Lovely photos and blog . Happy boxing day aswell.

Temperature never went above freezing so we never did have our walk... as we both have 'orrible chesty coughs.

Thank you Stripes, Alice, Paul and Clarice, i think i'm lucky to have it there :-)

MG, sorry you're both suffering - those types of cough are very nasty indeed, i hope you shake them off quickly now.

Nice photos Louise1,did the sparrow hawk catch any thing or did they all escape?

Mavis, he didn't catch a thing - just observed, flew off and the birds all came back within minutes :-))
I hope not to see it again :-/
I know it has to eat .... but not in my garden ;-)

There are 2 large parks and some woods in very, very close proximity to here so it'll be well fed :-))

I love the new picture Louise a breath of summer amongst all this snow and ice.Also pleased he did not catch his meal in your garden.

I was all set to go outside and start flapping around, to scare him off ;-)

Glad you like the new avatar :-)))
It lets me think i'm on an exotic beach somewhere, instead of this windy and wet place :-/

I've never seen a sparrow hawk, I'm glad to say. I know they have to eat to live, but I'd hate to see it happen.

Great photos Louise.We have a sparrowhawk which regularly patrols our area.They are so quick,cannot do anything about it.Natures way.....

I noticed your bird feeders Louise. I´ve just bought one. As there were lots of blue tits and warblers in our nearest big tree I hung it there and haven´t seen a bird near the tree since. I put sunflower seeds and monkey nuts in it, even threw some on the floor beneath the feeder but it´s no go. Any ideas why? Hope you had a great Xmas and have a good New Year - despite the resolutions

Isn't that queer Gwen ?
I put seed feeders out mostly, with sunflower seeds in, these seem to attract the Finches and Tits alike.
I wonder if birds get scared by new things hanging in their tree, or am i wrongly applying human logic to birds ? ;-)

Gwen it is possible that the birds can get plenty of 'wild' food and therefore don't need your nuts and seeds. We notice when the weather is mild our feeders hardly get touched. Currently we are filling up the 4 feeders and ground feeding for the birds that can't use them.

Warblers eat insect and berries but not nuts or sunflower seeds. Blue tits also prefer insects and berries though they will eat oily seeds i.e. sun flower if push comes to shove.

I'd leave the feeders up for now and see if your birds come back, otherwise move them to a different location.

Looks like a wildlife sanctuary....very nice Louise1 :-)

Thanks Louis :-)

There have been lots of birds out there today.
The usual Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Great Tits, Coal Tits and some Blue Tits have arrived, Black Caps and a plump, drab brown speckled bird .... not sure what she is, couldn't identify her !
The bully Robin's not been around and i think it's because i moved his feeder to the back garden ..... he's been out there !