New Year’s day is always tinged with excitement,. Faced with a fresh start, I like to wake up early, draw back the curtains and let the world flood in and wait, with anticipation at what my first bird of the New Year will be. Will it be a robin? A house sparrow? Perhaps a heron flying overhead? And to ponder over what message that brings me for the year ahead. Happy New Year everyone.
Read moreBack Garden Blackbirds
Have you ever really paid blackbirds much attention? It’s so easy to take this common garden visitor for granted. Their everyday appearances and ever-present songs can easily fade into the back-ground. I’m guilty of that, but with lock down in full swing I’d started to pay more attention to these little gems and feel all the more richer for it.
Read moreThe Great Tit Returns
Great Tits used to be a frequent site at the bird feeders in my garden and after getting to used to this woodland birds absence. I was delighted when one returned and filled the garden with birdsong.
Read moreA Clamour of Rooks
A bird synonymous with english farmland, but its also pretty well known for the part it plays in english folklore
Read moreChalke Valley Red Kites
An incredible bird, with an incredible come back story and now a regular sight here in the Chalke Valley.
Read moreAn Owl For Autumn
For me there is only one bird that truly epitomizes Autumn for me, and it’s a pretty impressively adapted bird. But, it is starting to have a bit of a hard time, although there is something you could do to help….
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