here are some robins nesting in local garden centre plant tables..
the staff say mother is really toleratn of people taking pics but if you get too close she lets ya know.. so beautiful to see.
loving allteh pictures guys.. keep them coming.. nature is a beautiful thing to see.. and i love seeing animals in gadens that i do not get here.. all depending on different parts of teh country and world.. it is great.
Yes, it is a teasel. Although we grow fruit and veg as well as flowers, we have a 'wild' area, which sometimes spills over and leaves surprises in odd places. I tend to leave them if they aren't in the way. The goldfinches love the seeds, and I love to watch the birds. I even grew cardoons one year.....never again! LOL!!
They're not the most welcomed birds in a garden but we've had a family of magpies around the past couple of months and they've been interesting (and noisy) to watch. I haven't been able to get a photo of all of them together, think there are parents and 3 or 4 young. The photo below was taken of a parent and 2 young last week when all were happy.
Then a couple of days ago when I was sitting in the garden there was a terrible screeching and screaming from a next door garden - a neighbouring cat had pounced on the young ones. One was so desperate to escape that it literally tore itself through the trellis into my garden where it has been hiding out under shrubs ever since. I'm keeping my distance from it as it is so very shaky - but now it has started to come to the ground feeder and I'm hoping it will recover enough to eventually fly over the fence and back to wherever its nearby home is. It's face around the eyes is scarred, long back tail-feathers (whatever you call the long ones) tattered or missing and it has various scars under the wings on both sides which you can only see when it ruffles it's feathers/wings. It's so sad - but hopefully it will pick up again and join the rest of the family.
@yarrow2 - lovely pictures.. poor little mite.. hope it gets better soon and back with family.
our seagulls on the roof have had 3 young this year.. quite amazing really with all the hawks and rooks circling after t hem all time. but yesterday one fell off the top flat roof onto the small one over the kitchen.. what a noise screehing all night as cant get back up there.. and i am not going near it ..wnat to keep my eyes and fingers thank you.. but this morning it has gone.. so not sure where..
I'm not a big fan of magpies, i must admit. Some years ago, I had to rescue a small kitten from a tall tree. The magpies were attacking her. Having said that, I'd be keeping an eye on the baby too, poor little mite has had a rough start! We have a young fledgling blackbird who is living in my garden at present, and every morning he waits for me to go our and give him a few strawberries. I'm not sure who has trained who?
We had a starnded young seagull in our garden last year...I couldn't get near it. As soon as I set foot outside the back door, the mother dive bombed me. The noise is awful, isn't it?
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here are some robins nesting in local garden centre plant tables..
the staff say mother is really toleratn of people taking pics but if you get too close she lets ya know.. so beautiful to see.
loving allteh pictures guys.. keep them coming.. nature is a beautiful thing to see.. and i love seeing animals in gadens that i do not get here.. all depending on different parts of teh country and world.. it is great.
Lovely pics! The bird babies are lovely! we have a collared dove nesting in one of our apple trees. I can't get a clear pic, but I
do have some other wildlife pics to share..
That looks like teasel?
You have to be keen to grow teasel.
Yes, it is a teasel. Although we grow fruit and veg as well as flowers, we have a 'wild' area, which sometimes spills over and leaves surprises in odd places. I tend to leave them if they aren't in the way. The goldfinches love the seeds, and I love to watch the birds. I even grew cardoons one year.....never again! LOL!!
They're not the most welcomed birds in a garden but we've had a family of magpies around the past couple of months and they've been interesting (and noisy) to watch. I haven't been able to get a photo of all of them together, think there are parents and 3 or 4 young. The photo below was taken of a parent and 2 young last week when all were happy.
Then a couple of days ago when I was sitting in the garden there was a terrible screeching and screaming from a next door garden - a neighbouring cat had pounced on the young ones. One was so desperate to escape that it literally tore itself through the trellis into my garden where it has been hiding out under shrubs ever since. I'm keeping my distance from it as it is so very shaky - but now it has started to come to the ground feeder and I'm hoping it will recover enough to eventually fly over the fence and back to wherever its nearby home is. It's face around the eyes is scarred, long back tail-feathers (whatever you call the long ones) tattered or missing and it has various scars under the wings on both sides which you can only see when it ruffles it's feathers/wings. It's so sad - but hopefully it will pick up again and join the rest of the family.
@tina5 - great pictures.
@yarrow2 - lovely pictures.. poor little mite.. hope it gets better soon and back with family.
our seagulls on the roof have had 3 young this year.. quite amazing really with all the hawks and rooks circling after t hem all time. but yesterday one fell off the top flat roof onto the small one over the kitchen.. what a noise screehing all night as cant get back up there.. and i am not going near it ..wnat to keep my eyes and fingers thank you.. but this morning it has gone.. so not sure where..
I'm not a big fan of magpies, i must admit. Some years ago, I had to rescue a small kitten from a tall tree. The magpies were attacking her. Having said that, I'd be keeping an eye on the baby too, poor little mite has had a rough start! We have a young fledgling blackbird who is living in my garden at present, and every morning he waits for me to go our and give him a few strawberries. I'm not sure who has trained who?
We had a starnded young seagull in our garden last year...I couldn't get near it. As soon as I set foot outside the back door, the mother dive bombed me. The noise is awful, isn't it?
I'm still waiting for the Summer butterflies to appear. Here are two pics of the Spring visits, a Green-veined white and a female Holly blue.
heres on of a huge bumble bee today
and a bee
and another type of bee not sure..