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shirls gardenwatch

Wildlife garden blog from Perthshire, Scotland

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Red Squirrel returns to cache food

17 November 2016

Now… I can properly claim to having had our native red squirrel visit my garden! This is fantastic news and I’m hoping it indicates that the smaller charismatic red squirrel is recovering against the larger greys, whose arrival to the UK has led to it becoming seriously endangered. This could be evidence towards a positive… Read More Red Squirrel returns to cache food

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A flash of red brings back this blogger!

3 November 2016

If there was one thing I’d like this gardenwatch blog to be remembered for, it is that our gardens can amaze and enthral us with a wealth of wildlife visitors if we only watch that little bit closer. Yesterday lunchtime had one such moment and I was thrilled to beyond bursting point!! I really couldn’t… Read More A flash of red brings back this blogger!

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August brought in butterflies

30 August 2016

Flutters of butterflies have been enjoyed in this Perthshire garden. I am delighted, especially as I keep reading on other blogs that sightings have been low this year. I’m happy to report butterflies are thriving up this way. This past week has seen the most Peacocks I’ve ever seen at any one time with five… Read More August brought in butterflies

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Wordless Wednesday: The Admiral’s visit

10 August 2016

5th August 2016 This post was published by Shirley for shirls gardenwatch in August 2016.

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Getting seasick with Ragwort

5 August 2016

A strong feeling of motion sickness is not something you’d usually associate with a beach wander with a camera. I brought this on myself. Trying to focus a zoom lens on swaying ragwort plants, as insects fed, wasn’t the most sensible thing to do on a breezy day. The wind actually caught me off balance… Read More Getting seasick with Ragwort

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Wordless Wednesday: ‘Pardon Me’

3 August 2016

This post was published by Shirley for shirls gardenwatch in August 2016.

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Brief flutter & leg stretch

31 July 2016

July seems to have run away all by itself and has ended with a brief game of garden hide and seek. The game took place on July 27th and players were the gardener tidying the potting shed, the first small tortoiseshell butterfly garden sighting for 2016 and the tadpoles having an extended holiday in the… Read More Brief flutter & leg stretch

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Glasshouses revisited – Glasgow’s Kibble Palace

10 July 2016

It’s July, we are supposed to be in summer, what better month is there to celebrate garden visits than now? As my blog sidebar chat states, you don’t need sensible shoes here. I should probably add – you don’t need an umbrella or the current month either 😉 Today, we are clicking our heels back… Read More Glasshouses revisited – Glasgow’s Kibble Palace

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Share your Painted Lady story, join a documentary

8 July 2016

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED: Video footage, photos and stories of the Painted Lady butterfly arriving in the UK are urgently being sought for a one-off documentary for BBC Four all about the migration of the Painted Lady butterfly, currently being produced by an ITN Productions company based in London. It will be presented by Martha… Read More Share your Painted Lady story, join a documentary

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#30DaysWild Day 30 – Celebrating with flowers

30 June 2016

Today is the last day of #30DaysWild for June 2016. I’m celebrating it and a month of daily blog posts in a way I celebrate many events – with a plant purchase. My garden is full of memories when I look around it. A plant choice for pollinators ties in nicely with this month long… Read More #30DaysWild Day 30 – Celebrating with flowers

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I’d encourage everyone to gardenwatch, now more than ever. You just never know what you might see when you look more closely. I’d guess you’d be in for quite a few surprises, just as I have. A good start is a dish of fresh water for thirsty hedgehogs and birds and any kind of bird feeder. A warning here – one will lead to another. Our gardens really can be mini nature reserves which is great for us to enjoy and seriously helps struggling wildlife.

There are three favourite locations to gardenwatch in my garden, all at different times of the day. Breakfast, through a window with a notebook recording activity at the feeders. Lunchtime, on a bench by the pond watching what is attracted there – lots. Late evening is the last, live watching night garden activity through four IR cameras – addictive!

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