Birds

Blackbird

MJane August 5, 2020 Birds,Home

I came home from my walk one morning and just sitting down in the conservatory when I noticed a juvenile Blackbird having a good old bath. I happened to have my camera there and couldn’t resist taking some pictures. He was really enjoying it!

Hambledon Hill

MJane August 3, 2020 Birds,Hambledon Hill,Morning walk,Uncategorized

A bit of a mixture the morning of 12th July, I noticed the mist forming when I got up and decided on a walk up Hambledon Hill. I couldn’t get a landscape image I was happy with, even with the mist, but lots of wildlife so a lovely morning. The

Swifts

MJane July 16, 2020 Birds,Morning walk

We don’t seem to get Swifts around the village nesting as far as I’ve seen or heard about as they tend to like older tall buildings for their nests, although I’m sure there are suitable places for them in the village. “The nest is located high up in the roof

Bere Marsh

MJane July 7, 2020 Barn Owl,Birds,Damselflies,Morning walk,Moths

Some days in the mornings when I go for an early morning walk I don’t see a thing but on two consecutive days, 21st and 22nd June there was plenty of action. There was a family of Jays in the spinney at the bottom of the lane close to home,

Fledglings

MJane July 5, 2020 Birds,Morning walk,River Stour

The middle of June already and rain in the morning as I walked over to Bere Marsh, it was fairly quiet, I think the wildlife was keeping undercover, that is until I got back to the footbridge across the Stour to Child Okeford. Lots of action in the Willow tree,

MJane May 26, 2020 Birds,Home,Morning walk

All the birds are pretty busy now, what with the dawn chorus before 5am and backwards and forwards feeding young its non-stop for them. It’s been relatively quiet on my walks for sightings of birds, they seem to be well hidden in the trees and hedgerows but at times I

Netmead

MJane May 22, 2020 Birds,Morning walk,River Stour,Uncategorized

At this time of year it is difficult to find river walks close to home, one of the fields I usually walk the Stour is now full of sheep and lambs so I will stay away until the field is empty again. The only walk I could think of is

Nuthatch

MJane May 18, 2020 Birds,Morning walk

On return of one of my morning walks in early May, I passed an old Oak tree that is partially dead. I always look up in the dead branches “just in case” and that day it paid off, I spotted a Nuthatch busily looking for food, it looked a bit

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