Well, not so much flaming in the heat sense as flaming June in the cold, annoying, sense! This month has been a downer after that ...

 After 16 years of Blogging this has been my worst January showing of all. One post. Well, two now. Why is that? I'm not wholly...

 Sunday morning was calm and fine, a pleasing contrast after the blasting we had on Saturday so we did the garden bird count. I watched the ...

...almost. There isn't anywhere in this jam packed country of ours that can be classed as truly wild, but on a local patch level I am ...

That was my fist day working in the spare bedroom. By 3 o'clock I felt like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. On the plus side I have not h...

Today I took my birding gear to work with the intention of bunking off at 12 to drive the 50 miles to the nether extremes of our county for ...

What a lovely days its been. All morning there were clear blue skies and only a little breeze with some warm sunshine. As it was a busy bank...

A day off today has been spent doing something constructive for the garden wildlife, in particular the Tree Sparrows. All of our nest boxes ...

House Sparrow usurps Tree Sparrow... Two Tree Sparrows move on two House Sparrows... No where to land... House feels Tree h...

A few from the garden today....

What a lovely day its been. The sun has shone all day with a bit of frost first thing and very little wind it was a pleasure to be out. Ther...