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Mistle Thrush and Dominance

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) - Amber Status

Yesterday I ramped up the bird feeding opportunities in my garden. This "cold snap", which has brought us our first real winter for as long as I can remember, has brought birds in about who would not normally come so close. At first I thought it was luck, being on the very edge of town, but I have since seen some of these species (Redwing and Fieldfare) near the High Street. The search for food is intense ... read more

Snow Brings…

Camera Phone Sunset Punctuated By Greyhound Lunging At Snow Sniffs

I settled in my new reading den, nestled under a woollen patchwork blanket that may have seen better days, but still keeps the winter chills out as much as it did when Grandma first knitted each square from yarn oddments and sewed them together. The new reading den was claimed from the back of the the living room by moving the small sofa right back to the window in-between bookcases and ... read more

Garden Meditation

I am sitting on the patio, or is it the terrace ? For the first time since we moved the forces of weather and my own choice to abandon work and home creation pressures have converged to give me an afternoon doing nothing in the sunshine... Ants are busy carrying bits of debris across the flagstones, and a few feet away a goldfinch feeds on thistle seeds from my feeder. The bird appears oblivious to the human watching and writing, and oblivious to the sleeping cat - who Is as oblivious to the ... read more

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