Quite the reverse here anyway, my garden is coming alive with more and more bird visitors with each day since our temps dropped and the snow arrived. Over the weekend, I heard Long-tailed tits fly over my garden shed and head to the feeders. I headed straight indoors for my camera but alas they were… Read More Snow doesn’t always put the garden to sleep
Link collecting for Edinburgh Botanical Gardens whilst sorting/editing photos from a visit this past week picked up the video below. I’ve collected footage in the past but this one (at 6 mins 15 secs) covers all areas. I liked it and thought it would be a good one to share. For those considering a garden… Read More Garden Visits (Video): Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
That would be the Blackbird, on the Cotoneaster tree with a berry its mouth! I’ve spent ages trying to catch a berry in the mouth like this. Pity the light was poor but I’m still pleased with my capture. Who eats the berries in your garden? Perhaps, like me, you have planted especially to feed… Read More Caught in the act…
Let me… invite you to enjoy the video below and come up with captions (should I have a competition?) for the following selection of images of a Grey Squirrel eating apple whilst visiting my garden earlier this week. Being honest, I didn’t know they ate apples but it seems like they are not so popular… Read More Let me entertain you…
My blog (shirls gardenwatch) has officially been online for 5yrs as of the weekend just passed. Wow… I honestly can’t believe it myself! It all began with a video of the European Robin from my garden for a homesick friend in Australia. I had absolutely no thoughts on how long I would keep it going… Read More A Treecreeper to celebrate 5 yrs blogging!
Catherine wheels (Japanese Anemone flowers), Sparklers (Catmint, Red Campion & Erysimum)… Fountains (Verbena Bonariensis)… Fireworks fizzled out on the ground (Hosta & Fern)… Wood stacked for bonfires… Don’t worry… I’m not making a bonfire in the shady (back of the fence) border shown above. I’m not planning a big tidy up here either… except for… Read More Garden Fireworks & Wildlife
That would be the business of watching what’s going on in the garden through the seasons. Being fully autumnal now, its Anemone flowers bobbing about in the breeze and Acer leaves falling that are catching my eye from my window. A closer look on a garden wander with my camera late afternoon yesterday shows how… Read More Getting back to business
Such brilliant news to receive yesterday – the absolute best! There were tears of relief but beaming smiles are breaking today :-))))))) Thank-you for all your good wishes in comments and emails. I really cannot believe this nightmare is coming to an end for our family. However, my thoughts go to all those living it… Read More Bee is for BENIGN 🙂
Infrequent postings without mention of a blogging break might suggest something is amiss. How much to say in a garden blog on plants/birds/wildlife is a tricky one. It would be very easy just to say there’s been no free time to blog this summer. That would be partly true. As the UK sees some late… Read More Second chances
The late summer garden gets a huge thumbs up from me. Late butterfly visitors are sometimes seen on sunny days feeding in my front garden. They do make me smile. They also make trying to capture photos and video quite a challenge. As others will agree, this can be a tad compulsive too 🙂 I… Read More Buddleja, Butterflies & Fledglings