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Just a Couple of Crows
I know there’s a large population of seagulls that live nearby – any time the Buzzard flies overhead, there’s usually several gulls flying below it, along with a couple of crows. I hadn’t realised, however, that quite so many crows seemed to call this neighbourhood home…. There wasn’t anything apparent that had spooked them – no…
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A Quarrel of Sparrows
The House Sparrows are out in force at the moment – you merely need to walk past the shrubs and you can hear them all chirping! Spotting them isn’t the easiest of pastimes though, as they like to sit in the middle of the bushes. These few, however, decided that the phone lines would be preferable…
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Blue Skies and Fluffy White Contrails
….and a few white clouds as well. If someone was to paint a sky like this, invariably somebody else would claim “you’d never get a sky looking like that”! #30dayswild
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A Rattling of Magpies
I could hear the magpies most of the day, but they remained out of sight. I know they like to sit on the rooftops and drink from the guttering – sometimes you can look out of the window and see a tail dangling down from the roof! It sounded like a lot of young magpies,…
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A spare piece of lettuce
The slugs and snails have been nibbling their way through the Sprout plants we’re trying to grow, which obviously isn’t much help! Last night, we spotted a slug on the steps in the garden, which looked like it was wanting a tasty snack. Rather than letting it get as far as nibbling the sprout plants…
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Gone Wild
There’s a lot of grassy areas nearby, which are maintained by the local council. In the last two years, some of the areas have been designated “wild” with the grass only being cut twice a year. Some of the “wild” areas seem to change shape each time the surrounding grass is cut, which I doubt…
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Flight of the Bumblebee
It’s no coincidence that the music called “Flight of the Bumblebee” is so fast paced – no sooner had I focused the camera on the bee, than it flew off again! Once I got the hang of focusing the camera on the flower however, I was able to get some surprisingly clear photos of the bee gathering nectar.…
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Synchronised…. sunbathing?
For a few years now, a local Blackbird has come into the garden and flopped onto the grass for some sunbathing – it’s not something I’ve ever understood, but the Blackbird seems to adore it. However, it’s not something I’ve ever seen any other birds doing…. until today. Two crows seemed to be sunbathing on the…
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Goldfinch on the web?
I’ll be honest with you – today hasn’t been the most positive of days. So not feeling that I wanted to get outside for my something wild today, I stood by the window and watched the birds. One in particular caught my eye, sitting on a nearby piece of guttering. Normally you’d see Magpies leaning into…
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Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp
The RSPB aren’t joking when they describe House Sparrows as “Noisy and gregarious [fond of company]” – a loud chirping made me look out of the window, where I could see one adult House Sparrow sitting in the Quince. This bird was chirping to what I’m guessing was a young sparrow sitting on the wall; just…