Life, The Universe and Everything

singing robin

greenfinch

pooh's corner

feeder

spring in the corner of pooh's corner

 a tree just waiting for nest boxes

a muddy ditch

one of the holly trees we've planted

the gate in

one of my nest boxes

Urban Birding in the Capital

Does anyone know any good birding locations in London? Any 'capital' April Migartion hotspots? Please share!

a one legged gull, 40-odd trees and a carniverous jackdaw...

....a week in the life of the teenage twitcher.
To begin with we have finally planted all the trees in the the soggy corner of my field, all in all the amounted to over 40 trees. just one chitty chitty bang bang style shed left.
Secondly i boosted my year list with a trip to exotic Workington harbor; I added rock pipit, skylark, wheatear, black redstart and finally Stumpy the one legged Mediterranean gull. Wheatears heralded the start of spring for me, as did the skylarks rising skyward singing their hearts out!
Lastly, I was just about to begin this blog when my mum (happy mother's day, by the way!) said come an look at this: she claimed it was a "juvenile something-or-other" i corrected her saying it was a jackdaw, not particularly remarkable except that it was sat outside my back door eating a mouse!

a fungus photo to rival those taken by the Local Nerd

and another one

and another one

every dead animal has a use

kestrel

first wheatear of the spring migration

possibly the same wheaear, possibly another one

a skylark

on the rock to the left of the big pointy one in the centre of the picture should be my black redstart

a jackdaw

The RSPB says "Tell George to Wake Up"

please, please, please follow the link to email George Osbourne ahead of the bugdet on Wednesday. Tell him to wake up and take note: "we need the environment at the heart of the UK's economic recovery." Save our Special Places!

The RSPB: Saving Special Places 

thank you
the teenage twitcher