Wildlife tales and photography by Kriss MacDonald as part of her nature diary.
When I woke up at sunrise earlier this week, I discovered I wasn’t the only one awake in our West Sussex valley. Recently I’ve seen a fox lurking about in the field behind us quite frequently. There are also lots and lots of pheasants around. But what surprised me about this fox and pheasant scene
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One frosty morning this week the sun was just beginning to rise over the hill in our valley. All was quiet upstairs but outside everything was stirring. As I focused on the trail into the woods, a deer suddenly came into view. And then it leapt across the field. A pheasant purposefully sauntered across the crispy
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Recently our little valley has been like a sanctuary filled with deer and pheasants. At night we hear stags roaring and during the day the call of pheasants. And sometimes they graze next to each other. I record the wildlife and nature in the valley around our house on Instagram – do join me.
A couple of days ago I looked out of my kitchen window and saw the rain bird. Since then we’ve had two days of rainstorms. The green woodpecker with its bright plumage strolled on our lawn occasionally pausing to stare at bunches of blackberries hanging over the fence. It was in no hurry as if
Every day I wake up to the sound of swallows twittering away outside my window – all perched on a line. This weekend I watched as mama swallow – I presume it was the mother – took turns feeding her fledglings on a wire just outside our kitchen window. I soon knew when this parent was about to swoop in as
I can’t quite believe it’s approaching mid-August and I’m hearing and reading the term late summer. And, of course, here in England one day it’s raining and the next sunshine or a mixture of both. Apparently George II in the 1730s described the British summer as “three fine days and a thunderstorm.” The same cliche can
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