Skulking
I’ve never planted any crocuses here, and I don’t remember seeing any for the first few years we owned the house, but now we have expanding drifts of them cheering the place up every spring. Which is lovely, except that … Continued
Competition
Competition was fierce this morning for the morsels of food that were to be found around the ‘lawn’. There were seven or eight jackdaws down, and the pheasant was having his work cut out to chase them all off his … Continued
Bird on a wire
I’ll spare you the grimmer detail of my day, much of which was spent at my desk, hurling insults at the designers of WordPress. In my next life I shall build a proper web site, and the home page will … Continued
Mottled Umber
Though still tottering about like Mrs Overall, I did manage a walk today, and snapped a few birds around the village. But in the end I’ve chosen this moth, one of two Mottled Umbers that was resting on the back … Continued
Red-handed
Do you know your face is covered with seed? No, but if you play it, I’ll sing it. I’m pointing out that you’re eating my bird food. Fake news. I’m just hangin’ here, admiring the view. A couple of weeks … Continued