Wildlife tales and photography by Kriss MacDonald as part of her nature diary.
My Sunday photo shows the sudden departure of a Robin, Great tit and a Nuthatch from our bird feeder. Just before this the Nuthatch had been watching from the tree trunk the Robin and Great Tit snacking on the platform before joining in. The Nuthatch is actually able to climb down a tree headfirst. Sorry but […]
I’d love to stay and chat, but I’m flying Read More »
At first we were surprised by our visitor. Now ‘our’ pheasant shows up every morning and pecks around the ground under the birdfeeder. Even when it snows!
For the last few months my kids and I’ve been chasing pheasants along hedgerows and near the edges of fields and woodlands around us. Every day we’ve heard the distinct cry of a pheasant somewhere hidden in the undergrowth. Up and down the edge of a field on many a wildlife spotter adventure we’ve tried
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We used to share our garden with two blue jays. They would strut around our back deck and prowl from tree to tree. They didn’t always appear together although they do bond for life. They weren’t too fond of the bird feeder as it was made for birds smaller than they. What do a squirrel
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A pair of buzzards were soaring and hunting in the fields and on the edge of the woods near us in West Sussex on New Year’s day. As they do regularly. Last summer they often had one of their young ones flying with them. I like that buzzards mate for life. In case you’re an American
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Is something lip-smacking good for dinner? Luckily my son’s chicken friend was not around when we met this hungry fox earlier this week at a wildlife reserve.
