Monthly Archives: February 2011

The birds in the garden have been my main focus for some time now – there is little else about!  But this morning a trip to the Big Pond revealed the first few clumps of frogspawn, almost a month earlier … Continue reading →

A return to colder weather has brought some welcome winter bird species to the garden feeders, specifically bramblings and siskins.  We only seem to see the latter in late winter and early spring here, but they clearly nest not far … Continue reading →

The week has dawned bright and sunny but cold, with many birds now singing around the garden and in the hedges in our lane.  Great tit and dunnock are most noticeable but yellowhammer has also been heard over the last … Continue reading →

It has been a while since we have had such persistent windy weather here.  Elevated as we are in the South Shropshire Hills, with our house facing westwards towards the Long Mynd, we ‘see the weather coming’ as it is … Continue reading →

With snowdrops appearing under the hedge and catkins lengthening, it really does feel like spring is on the way in spite of the biting wind here!  We have heard blue tits, great tits, dunnocks, robins and a mistle thrush singing … Continue reading →