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Reed bunting
Mar. 28th, 2021 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nanilaThis fellow has been visiting the garden for about a week. At first we only had a couple of fleeting glimpses during which we went, "is that a sparrow...?" Today, however, the woodpecker in the previous post knocked a big chunk of fat ball out of the feeder, the little guy suddenly overcame his shyness, and we were able to identify him as a reed bunting.
Great spotted woodpecker
Mar. 27th, 2021 07:35 pmnanila
We had been wondering why our circular fat ball feeder was still being decimated despite the weather having warmed up. Mystery solved!
Buzzard + pony
Mar. 20th, 2021 02:59 pmnanilaApparently buzzards and vanners are completely unfazed by one another's presences.
( A closeup by the pony's hooves )
( A closeup by the pony's hooves )
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It was a grey and dismal morning in rural Worcestershire, and this rather bedraggled wagtail seemed to be feeling the mood deeply.
Long-tailed tit
Feb. 15th, 2021 08:13 pmnanila
We put a fat ball feeder a lot closer to the house than we have previously, and have been pleasantly surprised to find that the long-tailed tits, robins, and blackbirds are all quite happy to visit us here. Such good views!
Kingfisher
Dec. 31st, 2020 02:37 pmnanila
It's not the finest photo I've ever taken of a small bird - I didn't have the telephoto with me - but we were chuffed to have spotted a kingfisher perched above the lake on an early morning walk around Charlecote Park (Warwickshire, UK).
Long-tailed tits
Dec. 12th, 2020 04:07 pmnanila
Hello, community! Long time no post. Happy to come back and find lots of lovely photos to catch up on.
We finally put our bird feeders back up, and have been rewarded with many visitors, like these long-tailed tits.
Mating brown argus butterflies
Jul. 21st, 2020 05:10 pmnanila
We came across these mating brown argus butterflies with their furry butts smooshed together on our daily walk across the fields in Norfolk, UK. They seemed quite peaceful until...
...someone came along and tried to make it a threesome! The advances were firmly rebuffed.
May bug in July
Jul. 16th, 2020 11:40 amnanila
We were very surprised to find this May bug (otherwise known as a “cockchafer” although not without a lot of sniggering) on a walk through a field in Norfolk. Not just because it’s quite a big beetle, but because it’s mid-July!
Scarlet tiger moth
Jun. 27th, 2020 10:05 amnanila
My youngest found this scarlet tiger moth trapped in the porch, and ceremoniously rescued it in a glass.
Marbled white butterfly
Jun. 24th, 2020 08:17 pmnanila
I'm currently in a new part of rural Worcestershire, UK, which happens to host a large population of marbled white butterflies. I've seen many a cabbage white, but these are new to me, and it's thrilling to see so many hovering above the grasslands.
This particular butterfly zoomed into the front porch this afternoon and straight into a spider web. I got to it before the spider did (sorry, spider) and carried it back outside. It sat on my finger for a while, which puzzled both of us, until I worked out that it still had its feet entangled in silk. I managed to disentangle it without causing any damage. It flew away, not very far, and spent some time cleaning its feet and legs with its proboscis before setting off back to the fields.
Greylag goose
May. 26th, 2020 09:28 pmnanila
The greylag geese have returned to the field over the canal from us. I think they nest there, but I've never seen any goslings.
Teenage duckling
May. 24th, 2020 11:00 amnanila
Only one of the bevy of ducklings that appeared on our stretch of the Worcester-Birmingham canal about a month ago has survived to be a teenager. Happily, it seems to be doing very well under the attentive eyes of its parents.
Hedgehog has a scratch, falls over
May. 3rd, 2020 07:46 pmnanila
[YouTube video, 00:19, infrared capture]
Figuring that our hedgehog was probably awake now, we started putting out the infrared motion-triggered camera every night to see if we could catch it rootling around under the bird feeder. We've seen it every night for a week now, but this was definitely a highlight. Poor Mr Snuffles has clearly got fleas.
Figuring that our hedgehog was probably awake now, we started putting out the infrared motion-triggered camera every night to see if we could catch it rootling around under the bird feeder. We've seen it every night for a week now, but this was definitely a highlight. Poor Mr Snuffles has clearly got fleas.
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Our resident heron flew straight over our heads today as we took our permitted daily exercise along the canal towpath. Very exciting!
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Youngest and I spent some time together quietly bird-watching after we filled up the peanut feeder on Saturday, and were rewarded with some very close-up views of a bright-eyed blue tit.
Seven starlings
Jan. 25th, 2020 09:14 pmnanila
A group of eight starlings (only seven pictured) descended on our garden feeders this morning in rural Worcestershire, UK. They feasted noisily on the fat balls for about half an hour, keeping everyone else at bay, and then departed. I don't think they were missed by any but the humans who had enjoyed watching them.
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