I had been out for most of the day today and went out into the garden at 4.30pm to find the first of my collection of small hybrid rhododendrons had come in to flower. What a surprise – especially when the picture below shows how it looked yesterday. Rhododendron Moonstone Yellow, shown above, has bell-shaped… Read More Rhododendron flowers
Yesterday was another busy day at the Nestbox. Our nest-building female Blue Tit was working particularly hard in the morning. She clearly fancied a change of colour and brought a sample in as you can see below! Female Blue tit brings ball of red to nest, video 0:10 with background music, try 480p quality. Perhaps… Read More Colour samples
Yesterday was another lovely day. Late afternoon I went out and sat at the table under my pergola with a coffee and my biscuit tin. I hadn’t opened this tin in quite some time and what a wonderful selection I found inside. Plant labels in all different sizes and condition – some were printed, some… Read More Memory Lane
Friday the 13th saw our Blue Tit pair back together in our Camera Nestbox once more. It again was very fortunate I was able to see this as it happened. I was just finishing my last post when I heard bird calls through my speakers. I had a brief look on screen and a Blue… Read More Hungry work
This morning I walked out into my garden to complete some pruning I began yesterday. I didn’t get as far as the shed before returning inside for my camera. I noticed my Acers were about to open their leaves and if I didn’t photograph them then the magic would be gone. I love to see… Read More How lucky are we?
Below is a capture from our Camera Nestbox taken tonight at 6.30pm. As you can see the layer of moss is at last beginning to get quite thick. I wonder now if all the filling and emptying of our box is finally over and the nest will get completed. Tonight when the Blue Tit performed… Read More The moss thickens
In direct response to comments about a Wren building a nest in an unusual place, posted on my post Caught, I went on a bird forum this evening to ask if anyone else had any experience of unusual nests. I am quite sure there are many. Now that I think about it I can recall… Read More Odd Builders
This is probably the first year I have really watched what goes on in my garden. There is so much activity out there and since writing this Diary I am finding that I have only been slightly aware of it all. I never considered before what the visitors were actually doing as they scurried about… Read More Goings on
Nesting seems to be such hard work. Our Blue Tit pair definitely are definitely making it look it look that way anyway as they build a nest in our Camera Nestbox. The moss goes in. The moss gets shuffled about. The moss comes out. This process has been repeating all week. I would say it… Read More Hard work
The April sunshine is still with us so I took the opportunity to sit outside with my camera to see if I could catch the birds as they came to the feeders. I took a coffee out with me as it wasn’t as warm out of the sunshine. I was patient and although I was… Read More April morning snapshots