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ds be assured not a breath of fresh air was consumed in the making of these images since moving in 9 months ago visitors to the garden feeders have grown robin redbreast was the pioneer isn t he always followed closely by a couple of coal tits 2 3 blue tits and a pair of great tits occasionally a tinkerling flock of long tailed tits flutter through and 3 5 starlings peck at the fatball thingy 8 10 chirpy house sparrows quickly became regulars then came the goldfinches and currently i have a daily flock of 16 18 all messily gobbling sunflower hearts as quickly as i can refill the feeders two pairs of greenfinches often accompany them 8 of the goldfinches a blue tit at least 14 20 chaffinches 2 4 pied wagtails 3 blackbirds 2 3 woodpigeon a pair of collared doves and a dunnock or two hoover up the leftovers under the feeders 12 of the chaffinches one hiding behind the sprigs of green 6 of the house sparrows and on the 1st january a single siskin perched in the neighbour s garden with the goldfinches and transformed my day since then at least 2 birds a male and a female have visited sporadically mainly when the weather is at its worst there s a row of alder trees just up the road so i had been hoping siskin and redpoll were a possibility but you just never know finally on the 26th january a goldcrest came to sample the goods on offer he she didn t seem all that impressed and took its sunny mohican elsewhere but these tantalising one offs keep you curious and engaged and wondering what else might pop in to say hello perhaps those 2 brambling at warwick racecourse could flit a mile or two down the road the one and only time i had brambling visit my garden in hemel hempstead was also the first time i d ever seen the species dreams do come true at least 6 of them turned up late afternoon at the end of october 2010 i was so excited that every photograph i took was out of focus after that it always felt like the possibilities were endless if it had wings it could conceivably land in my garden brambling hemel hempstead garden 24 10 2010 at 12 09 00 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels brambling chaffinch garden birds goldfinch greenfinch health house sparrow siskin saturday 27 january 2018 courting ravens corn buntings ah the humble corn bunting digiscoped video grab six months since my last post it s going to be a miracle if anyone passes by this neck of the woods any more but i m back i think a new year a new strategy we re going for quality ha over quantity the plan is to post once or twice a month with a pick of what s crossed my path brightened my day or made my heart sing that should give me enough slack to fashion a post in my more shall we say functional moments never move house county ever so where to begin each winter i am struck by the reality that barren branches and a muted landscape masks a season full of hope and potential and tactical preparations as autumn nudged into winter many trees and shrubs had already formed ripe buds they were getting ready i don t think there s a january that s passed where i haven t heard woodpecker s drumming birds singing and courtships beginning it is the month which see saws between extremes one moment creatures struggle to survive another second the next they re taking advantage of crisp sunny days to begin searching for a mate and setting up territory a pair of roe deer sitting in the january sunshine north of hampton lucy as the year came to an end with pockets of snow still on the ground my heart soared as i watched a pair of ravens courting over bath hill wood just north east of walton hall my previous experience of this species has always been flyovers it wasn t a resident to my knowledge in around hemel hempstead the pair were synchronising flight calling repeatedly meeting and tumbling in the air and in unison covering the breadth of the woodland two thirds of a mile this way and that in that moment it was completely beautiful hope the future and the prospect of spring collided and lifted and swelled over the dormant landscape ravens eh i never would have pegged them for a source of encouragement since then the stepping stones which have brought me through a difficult january have included garden feeders all a fluster with feathers including a siskin and an all too brief encounter with a goldcrest and learning that just a couple of miles from home there are buntings lots of buntings and finches presumably as part of a stewardship or set aside scheme the farmer has left an area of stubble and seed crop to sustain farmland birds over winter it is alive with corn buntings reed buntings yellowhammer linnet and chaffinch i ve never seen anything like it single species large flocks yes but never all of them together brilliant yellow baubles adorn the hedgerow and flashes of white outer tail feathers dart and swerve moving from perch to food to perch flurries of little birds come back and forth perch and preen and then they re off again it s totally mesmerising and if nothing else it highlights just how imperative these conservation measures are if we are to keep our most vulnerable birds corn buntings down by 86 yellowhammer down by 56 between 1967 and 2008 bto the context behind the feeding area the corn buntings gathered jangling quietly as sunset approached corn bunting pre roost gathering 11 1 2018 digiscoped video grab the count some buntings two were in an adjacent tree and i suspect a handful elsewhere a total of at least 26 30 when i left hertfordshire buckinghamshire with the corn buntings at pitstone hill and the roost at marsworth reservoir i did wonder whether i would encounter it as easily here in warwickshire i needn t have worried hearing the flock delicately jangling just before sunset flooded me with feelings of home and blessed relief many thanks to roland gus and dan fellow local birders for sharing this gem of a site with me finally to the mundane my camera is on its last legs white balance exposure are completely off 90 of the time even when set manually and autofocus often doesn t work so photography is more miss than hit and will only get worse there s a limit to rescue attempts in photoshop did i say i was aiming for quality oh well at 09 17 00 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels corn buntings raven sunday 16 july 2017 standing in a woodland glade good news i ve found me a bit of ancient woodland to explore it s just up the road and is quiet and cool and teeming with life one of my favourite things to do is to find a stretch of mixed habit preferably with a good stand of nettles or brambles and just watch and listen a vigil for the tinniest movement or the slightest sound in this sunny glade last tuesday i was treated to 18 species of bird in just 15 minutes bullfinch treecreeper nuthatch coal tit great spotted woodpecker great tit blue tit blackcap song thrush blackbird goldcrest chiffchaff robin wren long tailed tit woodpigeon pheasant swift not too far away in a more open area near the river avon there was a singing lesser whitethroat and reed warbler butterflies were plentiful too of 13 species including half a dozen silver washed fritillary silver washed fritillary ringlet meadow brown gatekeeper small skipper large skipper large white small white peacock small tortoiseshell red admiral comma holly blue behind me at this spot is a lovely big honey suckle so i m hoping white admiral might be a possibility on another visit below are just a few of the species that crossed my path during a wander on wednesday silver washed fritillary mrs blackcap collecting food for young resting red admiral female southern hawker hornets visiting an old woodpecker nest site a super striking parasitic wasp species chiffchaff hide seek song thrush s anvil complete with snail shells foraging treecreeper the parasitic wasp species was a new one to me and is perhaps ichneumon extensorius although narrowing down to species from a photograph isn t really possible i think this group of insects requires microscopic examination to positively identify at 09 42 00 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 8 july 2017 all the better for butterflies hello as the tumbleweed rolls across my toes i know it s nearly a year since i last wrote the thing is i had a cunning plan you know the kind where you decide to up sticks after 20 years living in the same area and almost 18 years in the same house it really did seem like a good idea at the time i was blissfully ignorant of the crippling stress chronic sleep deprivation and sense of total bewilderment that accompanies a process like that still i am alive just and i ve survived more than 6 weeks in my new pad in leafy warwickshire moving 75 miles away from cherished wild spaces and a landscape which has woven itself into my very soul is a big adjustment nestled within me are all those hundreds of hours of quiet wandering wondering the joys frustrations the patience and the pleasure of discovering new species of accompanying them through the seasons and finding that their lives have become intimately connected to my own as the years went by the rhythm of relationship forged deeper and more lasting grooves and the visceral familiarity of old friends blossomed each visit brought profound comfort and relief thankfully warwickshire does have wildlife in the face of hot tears and anxiety as persistent and rampant as japanese knotweed the medicine of birds and butterflies and their living landscape has begun to trickle into my life here common spotted orchid back there dark green fritillary on hawkbit sp i think harbury spoilbank reed warbler on the river avon the bramble wars of silver washed fritillary near stratford upon avon last sunday i added two new species to my butterfly life list i cannot tell you how chuffed i was i ve spent many hours standing under oaks on box moor trust land cricked neck staring up in hope i never did find a purple hairstreak an hour spent at goldicote cutting and i d seen my first purple hairstreak alongside the other new species white letter hairstreaks which included an egg laying female the photos are atrocious but who cares purple hairstreak white letter hairstreak hopefully it won t be another 11 months before i write again p s garden delights so far include nesting blackbirds bouncy frogs and a big bumbling hedgehog at 16 12 00 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels dark green fritillary health purple hairstreak white letter hairstreak older posts home subscribe to posts atom march 2018 currently very unwell will be back as soon as i can be would value any thoughts prayers crossing of fingers toes or any means by which hope and healing might be sent my way either that or plant me in a warm wildflower meadow skylarks overhead and butterflies all around see you soon i hope search 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heath wildlife photography orange needle in a haystack 2 days ago herts essex moth blog testing times for moths 2 days ago wanstead birder a typical saturday 3 days ago north downs and beyond the invertebrate learning curve 4 days ago yakkafoz blog goldcrest in the cemetery 3 years ago distinctly average my canon r7 wildlife setup 3 years ago david james wildlife diary the butterflies of northamptonshire in 2019 6 years ago countryside tales a catch up 6 years ago hemel nature new social media blog coming soon 8 years ago bill s birding nothing does autumn like a beech 8 years ago owls about that then blowing the cobwebs away 9 years ago sh4rpy s birding blog ring necked duck at startops 10 years ago show 5 show all nature gives perspective more nature quotes popular posts i m not back sunlit buntings i m not back i m just kinda popping my head around the door i m here but i m not here and whilst i m here but not here i thought i d se killer squirrel the end of robin redbreast warning not for the squeamish or lovers of robins i can t say i feel a million dollars today but i did fancy sharing a garden drama from small blue eggs pretty things in ugly places a41 bourne end boxmoor turn off some of you may remember that last summer i went in search of wally aka small blue caterpillars this all the leps are brown and the sky was grey i ve been for a walk at aldbury nowers which doesn t fit into the carpenters song lyrics at all e courting ravens corn buntings ah the humble corn bunting digiscoped video grab six months since my last post it s going to be a miracle if anyone passes by th wheatears hit water end well hello everyone it s been a fair old while where do i begin how about i just dive in with today s stuff the remnants of storm katie the year of the teeny weeny as we hurtle towards the end of another year i thought i d better squeeze in a review of the last 12 months as regular readers will have g rosy redpoll heavy crop horribly horribly backlit but it s a lesser redpoll with a super duper rosy chest so who cares bovingdon brickworks tring park hoopoe a finessing of feathers he s emerged duke of burgundy ivinghoe beacon 05 05 2016 this week i think i ve been trying to cram the whole of april and early if you build it he will come hemel bovingdon bmt i m fairly certain that the box moor trust didn t hear whisperings in the cornfield à la kevin costner in fiel the wisdom of calvin hobbes calvin look a dead bird hobbes it must ve hit a window calvin isn t it beautiful it s so delicate sighhh once it s too late you appreciate what a miracle life is you realize that nature is ruthless and our existence is very fragile temporary and precious but to go on with your daily affairs you can t really think about that which is probably why everyone takes the world for granted and why we act so thoughtlessly it s very confusing i suppose it will all make sense when we grow up hobbes no doubt bill watterson calvin and hobbes there s treasure everywhere 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