by Christine | Feb 28, 2014 | Birds, Wildlife
Quite an odd week. Our Great Tit is still lodging in the birdbox which is good. Sadly I found a dead chaffinch on the path on Monday. It was unmarked so I wondered what had happened to it, and then on Tuesday I was looking out at the birdfeeder by the house when... by Christine | Feb 14, 2014 | Birds, Hares, Wildlife
Great excitement here this week! The camera birdbox which Paul had for Christmas has now got it’s own resident Great Tit in situ. He has come every night since Tuesday and fluffs up his feathers to look like a little furry ball. I worry that he won’t be... by Christine | Jan 31, 2014 | Birds, Wildlife
The field opposite us it very intensively worked and the grass surface is often scarified; so no surprise to see lots of birds feeding there. There are large flocks of Fieldfares and what looks like Starlings (I don’t think they are Redwings) there at the moment,... by Christine | Jan 29, 2014 | Wildlife
Mice again! I went into the polytunnel to look at some herbs and put my hand on the compost bag. Guess what jumped out – yes, a pesky mouse. This happens quite often as I frequently forget to securely close the compost bag. Paul won’t let me put the humane... by Christine | Jan 28, 2014 | Wildlife
Once again the mice are being a pest! I left a bag of tulip bulbs ( yes I know they should be in!) in a plastic shopping bag in the polytunnel and returned to find a round hole in both bags and all of my Tulip ‘Angelique’ decimated. You wouldn’t think it was worth all... by Christine | Jan 26, 2014 | Wildlife
I looked out of the bedroom window this morning to see a fox going across the garden and into the wildlife garden. It was very russet coloured with a white tail tip. It was also a nicely rounded fox, not one of the scrawny types that you sometimes see. It was nice...