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Garden Tweets
- A male brambling in an otherwise quiet garden yesterday. https://t.co/uA0J4hzvDh 1 week ago
- Blue tits in the garden getting an early start! https://t.co/9byeany9x0 3 weeks ago
- Frogspawn in the smaller, warmer pond, and a single common newt. Spring 😊 https://t.co/BQeXnyUjkx 1 month ago
- Windy in my Shropshire garden today! https://t.co/hFGW8GGhmF 1 month ago
- Bluebell leaves in the garden this morning. Spring on its way. https://t.co/wYeIjpKI2X 1 month ago
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Category Archives: Feeding Birds
Wild Weather Visitors…..
Everything in my Shropshire garden over the last couple of weeks has been completely dominated by water. Rain, flooding and saturated ground has made it difficult to do anything constructive outside and has severely restricted any travelling. It has though … Continue reading
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Expect the unexpected………
Every garden has its daily wildlife – insects, birds or mammals that you tend to see on a regular, though seasonal, basis, and then the occasional more unusual visitor will pop up from time to time. For me the thrill … Continue reading
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Learning curve…..
A trip to the beautiful county of Devon, and to several amazing gardens full of wildlife, has once again made me think about the differences between our gardens depending on location. The wonderful garden at Coleton Fishacre on the south … Continue reading
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Spring on hold…..
The last week of March, a week of hot summery weather, was wonderful if a little on the odd side! Gardening in jeans and a T shirt instead of a warm fleece reminded me of how nice it is to … Continue reading
Waiting for a special song…..
With a feeling in the air now that spring really is just around the corner, the daffodils in the garden are shooting upwards and the snowdrops are fully open at last. With plenty of bird song bursting from the hedges, … Continue reading
Fieldfare fury…….
We have had snow here for a few days now and although the temperatures are not that far below freezing, the conditions are wintry enough to bring the fieldfares back in huge numbers. Well over 100 have been feeding under … Continue reading
Bird versus Mammal 1:0……..
As the weather changes yet again back to colder conditions – and we have snow on the hill tops round about us in Shropshire – the wildlife using the garden also changes. The fieldfares are back, feasting on the fallen … Continue reading