Outside the window, a bobbing tail of the mostly monochrome Pied Wagtail waved, as if to say “Sorry, I missed last week’s photoshoot deadline for infrequent or new garden visitors during winter cold spells”. No worries, you can join the Siskin Party that rocked the garden over the weekend that followed! Why is it though,… Read More The Siskin Garden Party
What fun it has been for the last six years observing the behaviour of visiting birds to my garden. Observational learning is what I have been doing but in my case the reward has been in seeing the variety of bird species arriving in my garden. I guess it’s quite apt that I take a… Read More The Brambling and the peanut feeder
Before we get to the (exciting late entry) results from the shirls gardenwatch, Perthshire Garden let’s take a look at who opted out during my one hour count. The now regular female Great Spotted Woodpecker chose to pop by early morning missing out on her chance to be included. The pre count regular small group… Read More 2013 RSPB Birdwatch Results
But first…. drum roll please… and a cake for Carol at May Dreams Gardens to celebrate 5 years of hosting Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day! Thank-you Carol 🙂 I don’t imagine for one minute she expected this would still be running with the same enthusiasm from bloggers all around the world. Many from the early days… Read More Blooms & Bramblings…
Quite the reverse here anyway, my garden is coming alive with more and more bird visitors with each day since our temps dropped and the snow arrived. Over the weekend, I heard Long-tailed tits fly over my garden shed and head to the feeders. I headed straight indoors for my camera but alas they were… Read More Snow doesn’t always put the garden to sleep
Let’s start with a walk shortly before sunset last Saturday. Back then, the gentle light snow decorated the landscape artistically. It blended in beautifully with the warm tones of Autumn. However, soon Winter was to seriously take charge. Clicking on all images in this post will enlarge them. Overnight and into Sunday saw more substantial… Read More A snow and bird filled week