Fading fast #wildflowers

Posted by on May 2, 2017 in 2017, April, Birds, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, April 2017

 

The Primroses may be coming to an end but a lovely feature of the latest visit was members of the Small Woods Association identifying at least two Nightingales singing. (more…)

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The obdurate pheasant #birds

Posted by on Mar 4, 2017 in 2017, Birds, February, Pheasant, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Pheasant, February 2017

 

Phasianus colchicus bars the way in to the copse. (more…)

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Pheasant #wildlife

Posted by on Feb 21, 2017 in 2017, Birds, February, Pheasant, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Pheasant, February 2017

 

Male Phasianus colchicus. (more…)

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Heron #wildlife

Posted by on Feb 5, 2017 in 2017, Birds, Grey Heron, January | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Heron, January 2017

 

Ardea cinerea. (more…)

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Something I said? #birds

Posted by on Feb 3, 2017 in 2017, Birds, January, Pigeon, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Wood Pigeons, January 2017

 

Pair of Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus. (more…)

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Robin #birds

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Birds, Robin, January 2017

 

Erithacus rubecula investigates by the pond after saplings were thinned. (more…)

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Festive lunch #nature

Posted by on Dec 26, 2016 in 2016, Birds, December, Pigeon, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Nature, general, December 2016

 

Possibly the remains of a wood pigeon bordering the clearing. (more…)

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Woodpigeons #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 4, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, Birds, Pigeon, September | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Wood Pigeon, September 2016

 

A pair of Columba palumbus – they seem to consider this area by the pond ‘home’. (more…)

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‘As a feather is wafted downward’ #birds

Posted by on Sep 3, 2016 in 2016, August, Birds, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Feather, August 2016

 

From The Day is Done by Longfellow. (more…)

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Eye to eye #birds

Posted by on Jul 4, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Grey Heron, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Birds, Heron, June 2016

 

A Heron, Ardea cinerea, gets up close to the remote camera. (more…)

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The UK’s commonest pigeon #birds

Posted by on May 5, 2016 in 2016, April, Birds, Fauna, Pigeon, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Fauna, Wood Pigeon, April 2016

 

And also, says the RSPB, the largest – Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus. (more…)

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Cock and hen #wildlife

Posted by on Mar 23, 2016 in 2016, Birds, Fauna, March, Pheasant, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bird, Pheasant, March 2016

 

Pheasants, Phasianus colchicus, near the exit to the copse. (more…)

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