Into winter
We suddenly seem to be into winter, the leaves have all gone and the days are shortening, the weather is changeable with plenty of rain and the Stour has reached it’s banks already a couple of times. The paths I walk on are very muddy in places. Tilly and I
Visit to Arne and other things!
A busy week, Monday was spent at the South West Deer rescue centre, images of the day in my Gallery pages and a Photo Blog to follow shortly. After the wet weekend and the very wet day on the Monday I went to the Deer rescue centre the Thursday turned
Warm days!
We are being treated to some lovely days in October so far, couple of well needed rainy days but at times it has felt like summer. There have also been some beautiful sunrises and I am out well before dawn ready to see them. I am seeing more birds about
Autumn Mists
It’s the last week of September already and after a really wet weekend the weather has changed to cold nights and beautiful sunny days, this means mist in the morning, just right for Tilly and myself to be out before dawn which is now around 7 o’clock. It’s not so
Hedgehogs and other animals!
It’s still fairly quiet in the mornings when we are out and about, but Tilly and I are out before dawn; the daylight hours are creeping inwards. I have noticed a little more bird activity, I’m assuming they are coming out of their moult. Robin has been singing and our
Short walks
Unfortunately Tilly has hurt her shoulder somehow so at the moment we are on short walks until it heals, she is well on the mend now and we look forward to our longer walks. It hasn’t been too disappointing for me as the weather and light hasn’t been very special
More Wildlife sightings and the Moon!
I’ve put a picture of the moon on here as we were expecting to see an eclipse and a Red Blood moon on Friday 27th July but it wasn’t to be as our heatwave decided to break on the Friday and the clouds rolled in making it impossible to see,
Wildlife spotting near home
Usually this time of year the wildlife seems to disappear into the undergrowth. The birds have finished nesting and they start their moult, we have some very tatty Blackbirds and Robins in the garden. It has been very dry and hot since the end of May with no rain so