Nature Spotting - Photos from An English Country Garden

25/01/2024

Beautiful song thrush in the garden, singing the most exquisite songs 🎶 ❤️

01/01/2022

Happy New Year to everyone 🥳 💗💗 it’s been a beautiful sunny day here! Even our first shoots are coming through from our bulbs 😍 looking forward to Spring & seeing the flowers again.
Here is a photo I took last March, a sweet Blue Tit, so cheerful amongst the blossom 🌸

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27/12/2021

Some of my recent piccies of either our garden residents or on walks 💖I’ve now set up an Instagram account as it seems to be a great visual platform. If you would like to follow me it’s

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08/11/2021

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06/06/2021

Yesterday we came down to find a little bluetit fledgling on our doorstep peeking in at the house. Safely moved away from dogs. We were then treated to the most magical experience of watching the nest of 5 fledge. And learn to fly to the high trees with parents. Good luck little darlings!
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21/05/2021

A friend brought me a beautiful Elephant hawk moth cocoon a few months ago, he nearly trod on it when clearing the garden. We have kept it safe in one of our large butterfly nets all this time. It has finally hatched! My daughter & I are sooooo excited! Isn’t it the most beautiful creature! We will be releasing this evening weather permitting 😍😍😍😍😍😍

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13/03/2021

Simply stunning sunset here tonight. The shy on fire. I can’t seem to add videos to the same post which is a shame so videos in comments. Worth a watch. It blew me away!

12/03/2021

We have residents! We have 4 beautiful Wrendale Designs by Hannah Dale bird boxes that went up in autumn last year and I’m over the moon to see them in use with bluetits very busy making nests. Hoping to catch some photos of young when the time comes. They were used all over winter too for sheltering. Some pics of one of the boxes yesterday.

02/03/2021

I saw a few of these beautiful birds today so I was absolutely thrilled. The Yellowhammer. Sadly on the red list in the UK. Below from the Rspb explains why.

Yellowhammers in brief

The UK yellowhammer population fell by 54 per cent between 1970 and 1998*. The main factor is low overwinter survival, probably because fewer seed food sources are available to them on farmland.

*Data source: British Trust for Ornithology

Key points

Maintain short, thick hedges and ditches with wide margins for nesting.
Flower-rich margins are better for insects than grass margins.
Do not trim hedgerows before September, as the late nests of yellowhammers are the most important for overall productivity.
Ensure there is at least one good seed food source throughout the winter.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/conservation-and-sustainability/farming/advice/helping-species/yellowhammer/

31/01/2021

Don’t forget to do your Big Garden Birdwatch for RSPB Love Nature it really helps the RSPB to keep tabs of bird populations around the country. Plus it’s a lovely thing to do. One day left.
Some photos from today from our hour.
We saw: Bluetit - 15 + (impossible to say exactly as we have so many)
Dunnock - 5
Chaffinch- 3 male
Collared dove - 2
Blackbird- 6 2m 4f
Robin-4
Long Tailed Tit- 3
Pigeon -2
Wren - 1
Fieldfare- 2
Great Tit - 6
Pheasant - 2