It has been great fun! I’d like to say a massive heartfelt thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read my postings, comment on them, added my links and sent emails. When I started this blog back on 19th November 2006, I had absolutely no idea that I would enjoy the social aspect… Read More Time to say goodbye
Quickly summarising… most photos on my blog have been taken with a Canon EOS 400D using a 17-85mm wide-angle lens (Canon Ultrasonic with image stabilizer) or a 55-200mm zoom lens (Tamron). Occasionally, some photos will be from a Canon PowerShot A520. Other photos come via cameras in nest boxes or as frame grabs from video… Read More Which cameras?
Please excuse a little artistic licence with this contribution for November’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Usually I am fashionably late but this time my photos are actually ahead of schedule! Unfortunately I ran out of time last week to post them but as the same plants are still in flower I thought I’d share them… Read More November garden blooms
What fun it was yesterday to have so many responses to my request for help in identifying a mystery dusk caller in my garden… I’d like to thank everyone from the comments on my posting, the replies on my Birdforum thread and all the emails I received especially from people new to my blog. It… Read More It was a Tawny!
Dare you stand out in your garden as darkness falls and listen… what would you hear? Could something out there be calling you… or could it be warning you off! How can you tell the difference?Can you identify the sounds of the night? Hands up I can’t and I could do with your help. Perhaps… Read More The sounds of the night
… the pets and wildlife on the 5th of November. The loud banging and fizzing of fireworks can be quite distressing to many. We have a tiny guest blogger to chat to you on this today…Ahem… ahem… Hello and thanks for stopping by. On behalf of garden wildlife I’d like to say we are not… Read More Remember, remember
Perhaps Garden, Birding and Wildlife Bloggers could help pass these poster images around? Perhaps someone will recognise Madeleine McCann now age 6. http://www.findmadeleine.com/
… an Autumnal Sunday drive. Let me take you along small countryside roads that I have travelled many times over the years… my Granny (Grandmother) used to live around here.The leaves won’t last much longer on the trees up this way with more heavy rain and strong winds forecasted. I hadn’t planned to video parts… Read More Rain doesn’t hamper…
On the last Sunday of October, here in the UK, we turn our clocks back one hour and adhere to Greenwich Meantime (GMT). Darker mornings and darker evenings make daylight time in the garden all the more precious. Let me share my Autumnal garden with you….Glorious rich colours transform our landscapes in October be they… Read More Embracing the season
Do you fancy joining in with the conversation today? “Blog Action Day is an annual event every October 15th that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. So far 7,377 from 138 countries have registered for… Read More Blog Action Day… the good guys