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)
I was out for a walk today, up at the reservoir, probably my favourite walk. There were no cars in the car park when I got there, always a good sign for me. The sun was shining, the sky was mostly blue and a decent breeze was blowing. I was up here to spot the … More Red Kite
I do hope no-one minds that I split my walk into two parts? This is the big part, to me anyway, where the Red Kites started cruising around me, allowing me to photograph them in quite close proximity. I see them at Backwater reservoir quite often now. I’d made my way to the second gate, … More Kite a walk Pt. 2
April 11th, off to Backwater reservoir, it feels like a long time since I was last up there for a wander….. it isn’t 🙂 There were no cars in the car park when I got there, always a good sign for me. The sun was shining, the sky was mostly blue and a decent breeze … More Kite a walk
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
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)
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)
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