wildlife

Snakes and ladders from EllieGant 3 days old

Friday the thirteenth wasn't a good day for me - blogging wise. I logged in, found only a handful of friends had posted, checked Recent Posts and out ...

Bunny toiler from EllieGant 16 days old

When we moved here in August, we anticipated problems with rabbits. And we were right - though our current problem isn't one we envisaged; Dog has ...

Nosy neighbour from EllieGant 20 days old

When I was a kid, my mate and I were convinced that the old couple at the end of the road were spies (we were addicted to Enid Blyton's Secret Seven ...

Red legs, great tits and fat balls ... from EllieGant 43 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 150 days old

[ ... ] evening and a wildlife mecca. The first two have been achieved - but the third aim remains elusive. Oh sure, we get birds visiting, a fox uses ...

The Black and White Show from EllieGant 279 days old

This morning's dog walk was like being part of a wildlife special. A fox crossed the field by the footpath; a little vole ran up the path ahead of us; ...

RSBP Big Garden Bird Watch from EllieGant 307 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 308 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 329 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, ...