Great tit, blue tit and house sparrow Since 1979 Britain has been holding an annual public survey spotting and counting the wild birds in our gardens. This year the BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH takes place on 30-31 January 2016. It’s a fantastic way to get kids involved in helping our wildlife. It helps grow their awareness of which […]
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Most of the year the hedges and plants in our garden are a bountiful haven for birds. Even I was foraging and collecting fruit from them. It’s also rather amazing listening to the variety of bird songs in our garden and then seeing a flutter of wings as they move from one shrub to another.
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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.
I’ve noticed the passing seasons by what I gather and cut outdoors to bring inside. It’s only early September but I can see, smell, hear, feel and taste the change. Despite a lingering sadness in me that I have to say goodbye to summer and the swallows who sang to me every morning outside my
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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
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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