Netmead wander & Home
Saturday 20th March and it was still grey but the wind we’ve had for the last few days had died down. I decided that I needed a couple of quiet hours watching wildlife, on my own without the dogs (they didn’t miss out they were walked first!). I did get
Around the village
I’m certainly enjoying my walks around the village at the moment with the dogs on our daily walk. There is always something to see in the hedgerows and trees, even if I don’t get a photo at the time! I usually carry my camera at the moment, just in case!
In the Garden
There is plenty of action in the garden as we are coming up to the end of February. Many more birds are visible with definite signs of pairing up. There are plenty of Blackbirds around the house and in the street, constantly squabbling plus they are the first to start
Welcome visitors
We have a fair assortment of birds visiting our garden, but the ones I have hoped to attract don’t seem to visit very often. In past years I’ve put out Niger seeds to attract the Goldfinches but I’ve never actually seen any feeding on the feeders and I had to
End of January
Usually January seems to be a long month but here we are at the last day already, even with being under lockdown at home it has just gone! We have had so much rain and on the 31st January the floods were once again up in the Stour meadows. I
After the snow
On Monday 25th January, the day after the snow there was a hard frost, the snow around home had more or less gone just a few remnants on sheltered paths and I could see some on Okeford hill and the old Lime Quarry. The skies were clear before dawn and
Lanes walk!
The weather hasn’t been to special since the New Year when we had the lovely frosty sunrises or I haven’t been able to get out and about when there has been some decent light, so when the sun shone on Sunday 17th January I decided to take a local walk