Great Spotted Woodpecker in the winter sun

 

Recon the birds enjoy the winter blue sky as much as we do !

A right old assortment to catch up

 

Our winter burning pile is growing, infact since this pic it has doubled in size along with a shed full of logs.....we will not be cold and our gas bill will be the usual zero !  

Yellow Waxcap

Distant snow buntings on the beach at Huttoft. Flushed by a man flying a model airplane and two dozen dog walkers. The buntings stayed about 2 minutes before they were off.

Pixi getting cosy for the day. She will be 11 on Tuesday xx

Some beautiful moss on the forest floor

Liquid Amber looking stunning as the colours change

Kingfisher 

  Huttoft Beach before the onslaught of dog walkers arrived. Love it here, the peace and solitude x

Grey Heron

Grey Wagtail

New shelving for the greenhouse. The back is now shelved and the tender fuchsias are in for the winter !

A distant Great Spotted Woodpecker

The last of the dahlias from the garden. They have been stunning this year

Fieldfare and redwing. On one of our local walks the hedges are alive with these. They will be off once they have eaten all the berries

Buzzard

We bought some Aster plug plants last spring and had almost given up on them. Glad we didn't as the show this autumn has been spectacular. Let's get some cuttings done !

A few more from last week

 

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great White Egrets .....not long ago these would have been a major twitch, now seen most days and we hardly look at them !

Kestrel in the gloom

Redwings

and a song thrush

A few from last week

A beautiful roe deer

Great-spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Black-backed Gull on next doors garage, They visit regularly for food so they are not too far away

Pied Wagtail

Quite a few swifts on our evening walk, the numbers had certainly built up as they get ready to go. We had 3 return to us this year, usually nesting in the older houses in the next street as some still have original slates and wooden fascias. But this year they seemed to fly around all summer and have now gone....without breeding. We didn't see one single click on the wing this year. What a sad state of affairs as we witness the decline of this iconic bird.

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Tree Sparrows at Blacktoft Sands

Yellowhammer still singing away at near dusk