It is almost a week since I first spotted our newest visitor to the garden. It has been quite difficult to catch on film despite it being large enough to see. It bounces and runs along the ground so quickly appearing out from the cover of plants only for short periods. The Blackbirds have given… Read More Shy new visitor
It was a wild and windy day today with light showers – just the kind of day that I have found brings the birds out in their numbers. You would probably expect warm sunny days would do that but yesterday the Chaffinches were perched on the tree that overlooks my garden for ages appearing to… Read More Red Nose Tree
Join the biggest ever survey into the arrival of spring in the UK. Watch out for six key species and let the BBC Springwatch website know when you first see them. By collecting information about the first signs of spring Scientists will have a better understanding of how spring is changing and what needs to… Read More Springwatch Survey 2007
New Zealand Flatworms feed on our earthworms reducing the condition of the soil. They were indeed a worry to me when I first discovered them in my garden over 10 years ago. Gardening magazines at the time showed pictures of devastated gardens with plants dying or dead as a result of the absense of earthworms… Read More New Zealand Flatworms
Snagging is a term used, in the building trade, in connection with the inspection that takes place by the new home buyer with the builder. It is a time to check the property for faults etc prior to occupancy. Gosh is this Blue Tit good! Blue tit checks quality of nestbox, video 0:23 without background… Read More Snagging Inspector
We are delighted with our new Camera Nestbox – a Blue Tit has been busy pecking at the entrance hole and we wait with anticipation of a nest being built inside it soon. The lighting by natural daylight is working well – most of the day I see inside in colour and only when it… Read More Working well
I could not resist using the title above – when you view the video below you will know exactly why…. Blue tit hangs around nestbox entrance, video 0:21 with background music, try 480p quality. Wingspan of Blue Tit, shown above, gosh I have never seen a bird, far less a Blue Tit, look quite like… Read More Bluebird Returns…
I thought it was time to do a roll call of the early visitors to my garden. I haven’t put out any food this morning as the feeders have enough. The table still has some of the sunflower seed mix left. I want to scrape and clean it later, if it stays dry, so I… Read More Early Bird Watch 7-8 am
For some time now I have wanted to title a post as above. I have placed feeders, tried different foods, planted new plants and the birds have come with the number of species increasing within my small Scottish garden. I am a gardener who is now choosing to share my garden with its visitors and… Read More If you build it they will come
I am delighted to report that this morning is the second consecutive day that I have seen Blue Tits showing interest at our Terrace Nestbox entrances. It is looking like we could be lucky with this location again. It was a small bird I spotted this morning shortly before I topped up the bird feeders… Read More Terrace enquiries