The weather has been mixed today after the spell of great, sunny days but it was expected and it’s not raining ….. yet. That said, we could do with some rain, maybe a downpour from midnight to 05:00? Anyway, I grabbed my camera and binoculars and headed out for a wander, then turned back and … More Getting busier on the patch
Well, who’d have thought it? No N or O birds visit gardens, certainly not this garden! So right on to P and there are a couple that drop by from time to time, keeping in mind, we live in the country and on a working farm. Pheasant Yes, we get Pheasant among our garden visitors, … More Our Garden Visitors (P)
Just across the garden, over the fence and across the farm yard are the steadings, the sheds barns, workshops but, for the purposes of this wee venture, I’m going to use barn because, it’s all about the Barn Owl(s) that live in there, in a nest box. Ever since we’ve lived here we’ve been aware … More In the Barn
April 6th 2025 – Best bird shots I was up at the old Oak feeding area and dropped a food mix onto the post, stepped back and waited. Not a lot happened to be perfectly honest but, two male Chaffinch dropped by and started competing for snacks. This one just peeked out from behind a … More Chaffinch male
Since we moved back to a rural setting in Central Scotland my bird observing and the variety of birds accessible to me on a daily basis has not only changed but improved, in my opinion. A couple of years back, a pair of Pied Wagtails used our garden as a food source for themselves and … More Wee Willie
We live in Central Scotland, well, East central Scotland I guess? Is it important? I think that in relation to the sky we look at then, yes, to an extent. If you are looking at my photographs and thinking of Scotland, where we are in relation to Aurora Borealis in the far North, then it … More Star Trails and Aurora
The A-Z all goes a bit awry here, not many garden visitors under these letters so, I’ll aggregate, improvise, cluster? Jackdaw I think I mentioned before that we have a lot of Corvids around us and the Jackdaws are probably the most vocal and possibly the cheekiest? Jackdaws drop in several times a day, opportunists, … More Our Garden Visitors (J-M)
G! There are quite a few of these so, G has its own page! The first one on the RSPB alphabetical pages is the Goldfinch, possibly our brightest, most colourful garden bird and, a beautiful singer, if you ever hear them, you’ll know what I mean. We get quite a lot of them in the … More Our Garden Visitors (G)
The only bird that falls into this grouping is the Fieldfare which I would never normally call a garden bird but during Winter months, they can drop in on the lookout for extra food and they love Apples. We’ve had one or two drop in during early snows and they’re feisty! Our most recent one … More Our Garden Visitors (E-F)
I’m going to use these pages to list and ID by photograph the birds that we commonly get visiting the feeders or the garden in general, I may create another page for those less common appearances. I will try to use only shots from the garden but will label any that aren’t but used as … More Our Garden Visitors (C-D)
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