Some of you may remember that I’ve been lurking in that area quite a bit recently, watching for Fox cubs but also, listening to an elusive Garden Warbler which continues to sing its heart out from the surrounding cover but pop out to be photographed? Not a chance. I did get a couple of distant shots a few days back, good enough to confirm ID but I really wanted to get some decent shots. … More Walking with Warblers
There’s a fenced off area that is deliberately managed and planted and so is fenced off with deer fencing to protect those plants and trees which also makes it a great bird area. … More A Grand Day Out
No, it’s not a typo, the cam site is where I have set up my wildlife camera, there’s a Badger sett nearby so I’m hoping to catch their activity in the area. For a long time I only ever saw one badger or several Badgers but only ever one at a time? This is a tale of two Stonechats … More Friends at the Cam Site
Remember these things when you were younger? I was searching, in my brain, for a title for this one and ….. I’ve been off here for a while now, not sure why, I seem to have been in a bit of a doldrum lately. I’m finding that everything, everywhere is becoming very watered down so … More Not a Pheasant Plucker!
The first Red Squirrel shots of the year and I’m hoping for many more … More First of the year!
February 11th – My usual loop, along the top of the field, down to the wild cam site and up to the feeding post. I’m starting to realise I have a few stopping points on these walks, which vary depending on activity and the route I take. … More Birds on the Patch
I always have my phone with me when I’m out walking, I record bird sightings on BirdTrack, I take photographs, sharing photos with family and sometimes, I use it to actually contact people!!!!! This is a record of phone pics on my recent walks. … More January around the patch
unning 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. … More Weekly Digest
this article has taken me soooooooooo long to put together! Maybe the weather? Busy with other things? (I doubt it) Just one of those funks we sometimes get into but glad to have got there finally. … More Weekly Digest
You may not remember but when I left you, I was down at the ponds, I’d just been admiring an Autumnal Acorn; I followed the tree line all the way round and back to the lane, not a path I take very often and one reason was that I started counting the apple trees on the patch. I’d reached five and was walking along glancing into the woods beside me, that’s where all the apples are, when I heard a screeching sound. I stopped, opened Merlin on my phone to help ID the screeches, maybe a young Sparrowhawk? I stepped towards the woods and the old fallen fence when the screeching got louder and I looked down! … More Weekly Digest
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