Author: Dragon

  • An unusual Grasshopper

    Ok, it’s not the Grasshopper itself that’s unusual, but the location and view that I haven’t seen before. This Grasshopper decided to spend a while on the window. Initially I was concerned it was caught in the spider’s web, but much to the spider’s frustration, when the Grasshopper eventually moved off the window, it took…

  • Unusual Visitors to the bird box

    We’ve had a bird box on the back wall for years. Some years we’re lucky enough to get a couple of Wrens nesting in there, although last year some of the youngsters fell prey to a very bold Jay. The plan was to keep the nest box in place until after nesting season, then remove…

  • Squirrel Acrobatics

    I could see something in the top of a tree which I thought was either going to be a pigeon or a squirrel… luckily it was still there by the time I zoomed in on my camera! This grey squirrel was having a lovely time eating whatever was growing on that tree!

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  • 30 Days Wild – day four

    A surprise spot for today – I’d heard a lot of chirping in the garden, so I looked out and spotted the adult Wren flying from the bird box over to the tree, then back to the box again. A little while later, I looked out again and saw what I’m assuming is a baby…

  • 30 Days Wild – day three

    You can tell the weather is starting to change and that the hot sunny days we’ve had recently are going to be replaced with cooler cloudy days for a while. Although for me, that means more photogenic clouds to take pictures of… and the garden and allotment should be happy if we get some decent…

  • 30 Days Wild – day 2

    Back to the clouds for today, while the garden is crying out for some rain!