I have a small garden hardly 3m x 5m. One side of the garden has a wall that is covered in ivy and honeysuckle. The blackbirds to seen to particularly like this part of the garden; they have nested every year for the past three years. This year they fledged two young last weekend. There is now a different female blackbird building another nest pretty close to where a pair of Woodpigeons have started nesting.
The back wall with the wooden gate has a climbing hydrangea, firethorn and a small plum tree. I hang my some of my feeders there. The starlings seem to particularly like the fat bricks, whilst the sparrows that are nesting in the soffits on the roof of the house (again most years for the past 10 years.) are quite content with the mixed seed feeder.
The left side of the garden as a small fence. There is a large silver birch an small hazel and a small ash. Most birds seem to love sitting in the top of the silver birch, especially small flocks of starlings.
The hazel has a feeder in it where I put sunflower hearts; a great favourite of the goldfinches, chaffinches and blue tits.
I have also dug a small garden pond, which produces more frog spawn every year, They seemed to be a little late this year, the first only appeared at the start of April, There have been 10 or 11 lots in the past 3 weeks.
Damselflies do grace the pond, I I am hoping of the first to be coming out this year.
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
About me
My first blog so a little bit about myself.
I have been keen on nature all my life, especially birds. I used to live in north West England and was always excited about any "new" birds I saw. I started taking a very keen interest in all things nature in my teens when I read Gerald Durrell's "My Family and other Animals". In my early married life, I was living in Liverpool and started helping a local Ranger to run groups for children.
I moved to Norfolk in 1999 and realised that there were many more insects, birds and wildlife in general down here. I added over 50 species to my "life list" of birds in the first three months!!
I set myself a challenge at the start of the millennium to try and learn to identify more species. Butterflies was first, then dragonflies. I had to start with the easier ones!! I have recently changed my thinking and knowing what they are is not enough; I need to find out all about them. this has led to a deeper appreciation of the world around us and our small place in it.
Anyway, I plan to use this to chat about my week-end (I do work full time) rambles and ramblings into the fascinating world of nature that abounds around us.
I hope you enjoy it
I have been keen on nature all my life, especially birds. I used to live in north West England and was always excited about any "new" birds I saw. I started taking a very keen interest in all things nature in my teens when I read Gerald Durrell's "My Family and other Animals". In my early married life, I was living in Liverpool and started helping a local Ranger to run groups for children.
I moved to Norfolk in 1999 and realised that there were many more insects, birds and wildlife in general down here. I added over 50 species to my "life list" of birds in the first three months!!
I set myself a challenge at the start of the millennium to try and learn to identify more species. Butterflies was first, then dragonflies. I had to start with the easier ones!! I have recently changed my thinking and knowing what they are is not enough; I need to find out all about them. this has led to a deeper appreciation of the world around us and our small place in it.
Anyway, I plan to use this to chat about my week-end (I do work full time) rambles and ramblings into the fascinating world of nature that abounds around us.
I hope you enjoy it
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