birds

Red legs, great tits and fat balls ... from EllieGant 42 days old

can only mean one thing. Yes, I am succumbing to a twitching craze. This weekend's tally includes a buzzard, a kestrel, an owl (dunno what sort), ...

A cheeky chappie from EllieGant 149 days old

[ ... ] we get birds visiting, a fox uses it as a short cut, the local badger peers wistfully through the gate at night - but our plan centred on a little ...

A bird in the bush is worth two on my recording sheet from EllieGant 302 days old

[ ... ] all the birds for miles around. Then I made a cup of coffee and answered my blog comments then it was time for lunch then I had to go to the ...

RSBP Big Garden Bird Watch from EllieGant 306 days old

After writing my post about feeding the birds, I discovered that Mr Flighty mentioned on his blog that this weekend is the RSBP Big Garden Bird Watch. I'm ...

Nuts or (Fat) Balls? from EllieGant 307 days old

Don't look at me like that! The title could have been worse. Because this post is all about birds and tits. For these little fellows that I snapped ...

Property - special from EllieGant 328 days old

The Christmas edition of our local paper looked unusually slim. Unlike some of the pictures therein of our local estate agents. Recognising, perhaps, ...

Birds and Bugs from EllieGant 333 days old

I've just been filling up the peanut containers and coconut shells (with lard cake) for the birds. They've been busier than ever these last few days. ...