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Needing Spring
I’ve had a bit of a rubbish week work-wise, but on a brighter note I have bought myself a new camera and managed to play with it a couple of times. Starting last Saturday I shot down to Kimmeridge to...
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Signs of Spring?
I’ve been dreaming about Spring for what seems like months, and in the last two weeks it has been peeping out and tempting me with brief Spring-like days (or even just hours) but today was full-on...
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When all else fails
Having spent the whole weekend running in and out of the house hoping to see some insects in the garden, I’d just about given up. The sun wasn’t warm enough, the flowers in the garden weren’t smelly or...
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Bee you old or bee you new – I bee happy!
Today has been the warmest day of the year so far with temps touching 17 degrees (well, that’s what it said in my car!). I decided to look a little further afield than my garden (that has very few...
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Binoculars in the bathroom
Do many people have binoculars in their bathroom? I asked myself this question while sitting in the bath this morning. I’m watching every black bird that flies over the house with my binoculars....
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My hubby’s a bird whisperer!
The birds are getting more and more used to us in the garden this year. Both Andrew and I are in and out of the house all day long (when the weather permits) and the birds seem to take little or no...
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The sound of a winter garden
Click on the orange arrow above to play the audio file. How many different species can you hear? Here are some of the birds that you have been able to identify: Wood pigeon, blackbird, robin, jackdaw,...
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A new challenge: wild garden wildlife 365
The first day of a new year. It feels so clean and fresh, like I’ve been given a book with hundreds of blank, pure white pages just waiting to be filled. This year I’ve decided to fill a few of those...
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The jackdaw roost draws me back
The sun made a welcome appearance yesterday and spurred me on to walk to the jackdaw and rook roost in the afternoon. It’s not the first time I’ve tried to watch them recently. Twice last week I’ve...
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Golden birds and a fluted song at dusk #WGW365
Three more for my Wild Garden Wildlife 365 Challenge (#WGW365). Two golden lovelies on the bird feeder; Goldfinch (front) and Siskin – neither of them are common in my garden, so they’re welcome...
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A one-eyed monster? #WGW365
No not really, it’s just a fox. I first noticed only one of its eyes was lighting up in the infra-red light of my trail camera about a month ago. I hadn’t noticed it before, and will need to look at...
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Meet the wild neighbours…
They aren’t rare or unusual but sometimes your “neighbours” are the backbone of your wildlife garden. I might despair at the squirrels for stealing all the bird seed from the feeders and trying to...
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Dull day with colourful visitors
Two bullfinches (male on left, female on right) and a blackbird refereeing. Day 5 of my Wild Garden Wildlife 365 Challenge Filed under: Birds, Dorset, wgw365, Wildlife, wildlife uk Tagged: Birds,...
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The breath of a badger
The badger came last night. Nothing unusual in that, one tends to come most nights (I can’t help smiling every morning when I see that they have been, and get nervous when they miss a night), but this...
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Every jackdaw could be George
Every time a jackdaw lands in the garden, or on the roof next door, I wonder if it’s George. Standing at the window I know this jackdaw can see me. He runs up the tiles and stands on the gable for a...
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Dreaming of Dorset Otters
I’d love to report that I’ve been out watching otters, but the truth is I’ve been stuck inside this week working – so to cheer myself up I’m posting a beautiful video of Dorset otters by Hugh Miles. I...
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Tawnies, jackdaws and a dawn chorus at dusk
After a depressing week of rain, cloud and generally messy weather, yesterday’s blue skies were a welcome change. Proper sunshine filled my office at home, and somehow the world didn’t seem quite so...
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Sunshine, winter otters and nosey badgers
What a brilliant Sunday. It started cold but sunny, so I made my mind up to go in search of otters on our local river. I’d forgotten that the river would be so swollen (after a whole day of rain...
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My favourite time of day… a walk at dusk
I should be working. It’s 11.33 am on a Friday morning and my mind keeps wandering back to my walk last night. No point fighting it… I need to get it down on “paper” then maybe I can concentrate on...
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In need of a reminder
I don’t know about you but as the years pass (and seem to blur) I can never remember what I’ve seen when, so this year to jog my memory here’s some highlights from January/February 2014. Hopefully some...
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