A fantastic weekend for our son, Tom, down at his syndicate lake. A new UK personal best for him with this cracking 35lb 10oz common carp. Well done that lad !!
Friday, July 10, 2026
Spotted Redshank, RSPB Blacktoft Sands
A couple of hours at Blacktoft which is very near to home, and a single spotted redshank was infront of Marshland Hide. It spent most of the time fast asleep so it was a welcome fly over of a marsh harrier that woke everything up !
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Our garden this year looks absolutely fantastic !
Sweetcorn and runner beans behind the border, all looking good
Courgettes....now ready and being eaten daily. Delicious lightly fried in butter with plenty of seasoning.
Sweetcorn looking good, ears on every stem
Shallots with chillis and cucumbers behind
Dwarf, French and Runner Beans, literally covered in flowers
Lovely Roses from Tom
A bucket of carrots.....we have many ! They will be tasty and so sweet
Lots of chillis and sweet peppers on, both in greenhouse and we now grow them outdoors
Yellow Courgettes.....beautiful flowers before the delicious fruits
Our first cucumber of the year !
Love a garden bouquet for the table, picked fresh every couple of days x
A good harvest of spuds - gosh they are gorgeous with butter and salt!
40 degrees in the garden in northern Britain.....God help us
and the greenhouse topping off at 51.3 degrees that afternoon
Monday, June 29, 2026
Purple Emperor and White Admirals, Chambers Farm Woods, Lincs
Lots of Purple Emperors this morning along the paths in Chambers Farm Woods.
Plenty of Purple Hairstreaks
and quite a few White Admirals, what a fantastic morning !
and masses of Silver-washed Fritillaries flying along the woodland edge, afraid not many landed !
Sunday, June 21, 2026
A couple of foxes that visit our garden each night.......and meeting the devil cat that is Pixi !
The male fox has only just started coming into our garden. So pleased as he looks stunning !
Pixi is the tiniest cat, and now 12 years old. She will take on anything and everything that ventures into her garden. Here she is meeting the female fox and showing it who is boss ! The fox beats a retreat but does return later in the night for the nuts I leave out for them.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Large Heath Butterfly, Crowle Moors
A massive step count today to hopefully see a large heath butterfly. We didn't go home empty handed with two, perhaps three seen. Absolutely buggered when we got back to the car......age is beginning to catch up with us and I hate it !
Spoke to a butterfly chap on the path and he had walked the whole of Crowle Moors and seen four so recon we did ok !
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