A robin sat on a fingerpost. Only the absence of snow stopped it from being the front of a Christmas card.
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A robin sat on a fingerpost. Only the absence of snow stopped it from being the front of a Christmas card.
We call that ‘looking with your voice’
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We call that ‘looking with your voice’
They will be able to get into whichever drawer or cupboard the man would traditionally be stood in front of.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
They will be able to get into whichever drawer or cupboard the man would traditionally be stood in front of.
Perpetually perturbed.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Perpetually perturbed.
Oh my days he is ADORABLE
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oh my days he is ADORABLE
Jackdaws here this morning, having a set-to with each other in the grey dawn light.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Jackdaws here this morning, having a set-to with each other in the grey dawn light.
Fancy, but uncompromising, paws.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fancy, but uncompromising, paws.
Now, THEY are polite paws. Dessert should be incoming without undue delay.
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Now, THEY are polite paws. Dessert should be incoming without undue delay.
I was in the midst of a jackdaw murmuration at a service station yesterday. It was quite spectacular, in a sort of larger, less balletic way. I didn’t realise* anything other than starlings indulged in this.
*hadn’t bothered to think
*hadn’t bothered to think
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I was in the midst of a jackdaw murmuration at a service station yesterday. It was quite spectacular, in a sort of larger, less balletic way. I didn’t realise* anything other than starlings indulged in this.
*hadn’t bothered to think
*hadn’t bothered to think
Everyone’s dad used to play this in the car (if you’re a certain age).
August 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Everyone’s dad used to play this in the car (if you’re a certain age).
His swifts are screaming over the village as I type!
July 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
His swifts are screaming over the village as I type!
The song thrush was in full voice this morning, trying out each song two or three times. The swifts and housemartins accompanied my dog walk and the goldcrest peeped me back into the house.
June 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The song thrush was in full voice this morning, trying out each song two or three times. The swifts and housemartins accompanied my dog walk and the goldcrest peeped me back into the house.
Alternative career as a cricket umpire though perhaps?
May 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Alternative career as a cricket umpire though perhaps?
I’m so sorry you’re having to deal with this, it must be so traumatic. Look after yourselves x
May 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’m so sorry you’re having to deal with this, it must be so traumatic. Look after yourselves x
Tell me I’m wrong?! I’m not wrong.
May 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tell me I’m wrong?! I’m not wrong.
Obviously I’m Maeve in this scenario
May 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Obviously I’m Maeve in this scenario
It’s an amazing book and I devoured it. It has not, however, disabused me of the image of Tom Hardy playing Josh, and I’m more than ok with that.
May 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It’s an amazing book and I devoured it. It has not, however, disabused me of the image of Tom Hardy playing Josh, and I’m more than ok with that.
Lots of Orange Tips… and a lot more insects too, buzzy and otherwise.
April 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Lots of Orange Tips… and a lot more insects too, buzzy and otherwise.
Mr Sparrow, sat on top of the nesting box and shouting. He’ll wake the babies if he’s not careful and Mrs Sparrow will be vexed….
April 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Mr Sparrow, sat on top of the nesting box and shouting. He’ll wake the babies if he’s not careful and Mrs Sparrow will be vexed….
I saw them last night too!!!!! I thought I heard screeching on the walk back from a friend’s house, looked up and there was half a dozen swooping and diving!!!
April 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I saw them last night too!!!!! I thought I heard screeching on the walk back from a friend’s house, looked up and there was half a dozen swooping and diving!!!
They’re so funny - like their own row of little houses 😁
April 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
They’re so funny - like their own row of little houses 😁
Morning Hannah - the jackdaw was first this morning, as her head popped up from the chimney pot they’ve made a nest in
April 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Morning Hannah - the jackdaw was first this morning, as her head popped up from the chimney pot they’ve made a nest in