Into February It’s been a very varied but mostly wet and windy January / February, as I type this there’s a decent breeze blowing through and the wind and snow of the past few days drove a lot of birds to our feeders. Good for me maybe not so great for them? I was seeing … More Garden Birds 2025
January 29th, it’s been a few weeks! It was yet another bitter cold but glorious day so I had to get up to Backwater reservoir and walk, see what might be seen. It was great to get a few glimpses of Crossbills as I walked up, they the very reason I started walking here but … More Backwater in January
Our garden visitors in early January. It was an unusual Winter visitor that kicked me off photographing our garden birds this year. The grumpiest Fieldfare I’ve ever encountered! (That’s not many by the way) 🙂 We have quite a few Great Spotted Woodpeckers that visit the feeders, in 2023 a pair brought their young for … More Garden Birds 2025
January 22nd – Since we’ve retired, we’ve lost all of our daily drivers; must get up for work; got chores to do; Breakfast / lunch / Dinner time …. and we’re loving it, apart from never really knowing what day it is, what time it is 🙂 Is that such a bad thing? Anyway, I … More Nuthatch Freeze!
This would appear to be the first date I went back up to the feeding post, which is a good thing for you all, way too many shots from this area. That said, I do love just standing up there watching and listening, so much to see and it’s usually very quiet and peaceful. … More January 21st
I’ve not been getting up to Backwater reservoir as often as I’d like, partly bad weather, partly poor weather, in other words dull and overcast for photography. I did get up three times over January but that doesn’t feel like often now. Also, it’s pretty quiet at that time of year; the light can be … More Backwater in January
We’ve had a fairly good week up here, weather-wise but it’s been bitterly cold with smatterings of snow and a cold wind so, I haven’t been far, up to the feeding post couple of times, that’s it. That at least gets me some exercise, and steps as well as photo opportunities. This morning started completely … More First visit since New Year’s Day
The weather hasn’t been great over the last few days and today was looking more promising so, we’d planned a trip to Scurdieness and a walk to the lighthouse and maybe even beyond. 12 o’clock arrived and we were just about ready when I realised it’s a dull day already, it’s 12 o’clock already and … More A New Year’s Day wander
It’s November 14th 2024 and I’d been seeing Fieldfare and Redwing on the patch and knew there were a few Rowan trees down the lane that were heavily laden with berries so, I headed down there, see what I might see. First sighting, albeit through the branches, a Fieldfare getting stuck in. We have hundreds of them … More A pre-feeding post visit
I went for another walk yesterday, this time into town which seemed a good idea at the time but, of course, it started raining on my way back. 7.8 miles, the last three in wet, misty rain, Ach well, there you go. A good walk, some decent sightings I think but, as ever, the editing process … More Down at the old Oak
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