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Post by Rosie on May 20, 2011 11:35:57 GMT
How Lovely Derek, we have blackbirds and tits nesting in 2 leylandii's at the side of the flower garden, the crows keep trying to get in but the branches won't hold their weight which i am very pleased about.
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Post by derekbrooks on May 21, 2011 22:11:26 GMT
 Canada geese and goslings at Blackleach country park this afternoon. |
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Post by merlin on May 22, 2011 6:24:17 GMT
Fantastic shot of the Bluetits Derek.
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Post by Fractal on May 22, 2011 10:23:34 GMT
Really good pictures Derek.
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Post by derekbrooks on May 22, 2011 21:18:25 GMT
The great tits have flown now
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 22, 2011 22:16:18 GMT
We have a lot of fledglings at the feeders now. I wonder if your Great tits will have another brood as it is still so early.
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Post by grindle on May 23, 2011 6:34:01 GMT
:)that is a lovely photo of your fledglings Derek
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Post by sweetpea on May 23, 2011 20:12:09 GMT
Some good pics there D.
My only sight of a kingfisher was at a small river called the Hogsmill in Surrey. Only a few hundred yards from the A3, the busiest A road in the country.
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Post by derekbrooks on May 24, 2011 22:06:10 GMT
I have told you before that Rosemary and me go round Blackleach country park at weekend every two weeks and make a list of all the wild flowers we find and count the number of birds of each kind.
I thought I would try and tell you the new wild flowers each time we go but I don,t know if I will be able to keep it up all year.Up to last weekend we have listed 52 .Last weekend there were 22 in flower that weren,t 2 weeks ago.They were---rape,wood avens,stinging nettle,cleavers,yellow iris,bramble,lesser stitchwort,red and white clover,broad leaved dock,snowberry,birds foot trefoil,ox eye daisy,ragged robin,elder,dog rose,lupin,meadow cranesbill,bistort,hop trefoil,common sorrel and silverweed.
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Post by derekbrooks on Jun 9, 2011 22:20:32 GMT
New flowers at Blackleach last weekend that weren't in flower 2 weeks ago were-Red valerian,yellow rattle,black knapweed,yellow loosestrife,spotted orchid,monkeymusk,scentless mayweed,fox and cubs,ground elder,honeysuckle,vipers bugloss,hogweed,black medic,hedge woundwort,water forget me not,foxglove,lesser spearwort,brooklime,wild radish and pencilled cranesbill.
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Post by derekbrooks on Jun 9, 2011 22:35:00 GMT
We have a blackbirds nest in our ivy containing 5 eggs.This is the pairs third brood.The first was in next doors camellia and the second was in ivy in next doors garden on the other side.This is the first blackbirds nest we have had.When we moved into this house nearly 53 years ago I wasn't interested in gardening but I had been interested in birds since I was a child.One thing that attracted me was a hawthorn hedge along the bottom of the garden which I thought was ideal for blackbirds nests.53 years later there has NEVER been a blackbirds nest in this hedge and the one in the ivy is the first.
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Post by Tel on Jun 10, 2011 5:21:07 GMT
Well worth waiting for then Derek.  |
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Post by Cherry on Jun 10, 2011 5:29:42 GMT
That is quite exciting. Blackbirds are one of my favourites too. |
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Post by merlin on Jun 10, 2011 5:38:39 GMT
Enjoy their lovely singing Derek.
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Post by derekbrooks on Jun 22, 2011 21:58:47 GMT
The blackbirds have hatched today
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