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November – Week 4

Running behind, as ever! I blame the dreich. It feels like a looooong time since we had some clean, clear weather; it probably isn’t but the dull, wet, grey days we’ve been suffering recently are getting really wearing, they really do not help you feel your best but, it’s Winter right? And, I did keep saying we need rain, we’re definitely getting that right now.

So, the last week in November, 24th onwards, I did actually get out every day, although one was a wander around the streets of Perth (the original one) 😉 It also seems that it was too dull for photography, I have very few from that week, worth keeping, in fact the 24th itself there are two shots.

The sun going down in the branches of the Buzzard tree and some nice clouds beyond the reed beds, that’s it! WE actually did get a pretty clear sky that night too and a bit of Aurora so, why not? here are a couple of shots I kept.

Both shots captured a meteorite or shooting star, hence I kept them. 🙂

Next walk out on the patch with a camera was on the 28th, I walked across to the wildlife cam area, checked the camera then cut across the reed beds, becoming a new route for me 🙂

There’s a line of trees along the field on the other side and now that they’re mostly bare of leaves, the silhouettes looked great to me once I was over there.

I walked all the way along the hedge line, down the lane and ….. took the left at the old apple tree, it’s been a while since I walked down there. I was right round at the slope down to the standing stone when I spotted something through a hedge.

Standing absolutely still, a Roe stag, we stared at one another for a few moments before he snuck off into the low bushes behind him, a nice eye to eye moment or two.

The green lane there drops steeply down to the road where I turned right and headed back towards our lane.

The wildflower patches at the mill pond have mostly died back now but, some plants still maintain beauty in death.

I walked right around the three ponds, up through the trees and back to the feeding post before anything else presented itself.

Often, when I drop food on the post, Treecreepers drop by to see what all the fuss is about, they’re usually difficult to photograph but at least now I can get closer to them.

The 29th saw a cold, dank day and I have only one image from that walk, taken with the phone at the Buzzard tree.

As the light has been changing and the tree is now totally devoid of leaves, I have started photographing it almost every time I pass.

My wander out on the 30th was much more successful, again, across to the wild cam and across the reed beds.

And there are those trees again, changing light, the colours and light in the sky are almost always different and I do like a nice silhouette 🙂

The long hedge was full of life today and with the low sunlight, some birds just stood out for me. When we moved here first, I hoped we might see Yellowhammer, they are everywhere 🙂

The Reed Buntings are moving out of the reed beds more so I get to see lots of them now.

I picked out the females for that set, they are mostly brown whereas the males have a black(er) head.

They spend almost all Summer in amongst the reeds and are much harder to get close to.

It was a pleasant surprise to see a Song Thrush on the fence, briefly, the Thrushes are around now in mixed flocks.

The hedge is always full of Blackbirds too and they tend to clear off as soon as I get too close. There’s a virus going around that is killing them so it’s good to see lots of them, I don’t think it has reached here (yet)?

One reason for all the thrushes in the area is all the berries on this hedge, which is good for me too.

Up the lane to the feeding post. I stood watching the birds drop down to feed but the light wasn’t that great, I did manage to grab a couple of shots of a passing Long-tailed Tit above the post.

As Winter closes in, they usually turn up at our feeders and I can get some great shots of them flocking around the feeders.

If I’m lucky, and I was this day, the late sun hits the feeding post perfectly in the early afternoon.

It lit up these Coal Tits and a Great Tit nicely for me.

I wandered down to the Buzzard tree for a look, see what was going on but it was getting pretty chilly so I turned back towards the feeding post and home. This lone cloud, vaguely Australia shaped? Caught my eye between the trunks of the tree.

So I was heading homewards when I spotted a few birds land on an earth mound at the junction, Bullfinches. I tried to get as close as possible, keeping shrubs and tree trunks between me and them.

They were really quite close right next to the lane and only slightly above me, as opposed to way up in the treetops.

Typically, I can’t remember now what that was behind them in those last shots 😦 Still, very happy to get so close to them before they flitted away.

Doon the hill, roon the corner, up the last hill, home.

It wasn’t such a bad week after all?

I often find I get lucky with at least one bird when I’m out and about and as I keep saying, I think I’m VERY lucky to live in an area with so much wildlife activity right on the doorstep.

There we are then, November has passed once again, now into December and heading for that day 🙂

I hope you’re all well, stay safe and maybe chat soon 🙂

November 2025

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