Showing posts with label Magpies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magpies. Show all posts

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Last week's catch up

 

A lovely woodland walk


This is on one of our regular walks and every year the farmer has his sheep sheared and then the wool is simply left to rot in the fields. He usually leaves it in the hedge bottom but last year it was nicely wrapped in plastic so it will go nowhere. An absolute blot on the landscape and this farmer is a multi millionaire !!


That's one for the Christmas card !!












We have never seen so many pigeons in a field before.....there are thousands and it's a spectacle to see


On the moors, failing miserable with the shrike



Marsh Tit on feeders


Marsh Harrier


Now this photo doesn't do justice to the 20 magpies that were in this tree, quite an usual sight to see so many






Kestrel in the sun



and then totally out the blue, a ringtail flew over !  Nowhere near the area we have watched them all winter. That was a brucey bonus that morning I can tell you.


Lovely to see the hawthorn out, a sign that spring is nearly here


Grey wagtail at Winteringham Sewage works





Goosanders still on the river



Some lovely fungus 


A fence owned by the millionaire farmer that owns the sheep fleeces. Don't get me started !!


and a lovely blue tit, happy days !

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Lots of recent bits and bobs

 


You just cannot beat fresh spuds.....
boiled with fresh mint and covered in butter and pepper, absolutely delicious !


Roe Deer


Pixi is never far from us when we are in the garden. Here the pea pods are being chopped up for composting,  nothing is ever wasted. Pixi is keeping here eye on things !


A lovely pink flower - Common Centaury


Pied Wagtail


Lunch.....spuds and peas out the garden just half an hour ago, with butter and pepper. Better than a Michelin Star meal !


The pea harvest from this morning.....picked, boiled, bagged and frozen within half an hour. We have a harvest now most days.

Local orchids in the grass looking splendid.


Simon grew this from an acorn and he has planted it into his wood in memory of Steve, a druid friend that sadly passed away last year. Lets hope it lasts 100's of years.




How's your family Mr Magpie x


Dwarf beans, sunflowers and sweetcorn in one of our bottom beds.


We have some lovely planters this year


this one at the front of the house looks spectacular


Four-spotted Chaser



Our dahlias are just flowering and make perfect cut flowers. Lots of different coloured ones now in bud.