It's fairly rural here but post-industrial which had pros and cons in terms of wildlife. We're only a couple of miles outside the Brecon Beacons National Park though and that's a stronghold for rare birds now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Anyway, we had a walk in the woods yesterday and I got some very distant views of a group of Crossbills munching Larch cones.
Excellent. Always great to see. We have huge conifer plantations nearby, home to many Crossbills, but you can never plan to see them, it's just pure luck. Like the ones I saw a couple of years ago on the ground 'drinking' snow, and I wasn't even looking for them.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
you can never plan to see them, it's just pure luck.
Luck has really been on my side recently. Easter 2015 was the last time I saw one and that was up in North Wales. I was lucky this time because one of them was being noisy for a few seconds. When they're quietly feeding high up in the trees you can walk right past them without knowing.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
In first spring explorations today it was good to see a robin and a wren poking around in the tulip pots. Lots of great tits squeaking like rusty hinges in the trees. Hycathinths coming through, iris retic are up, clems sprouting, a fascinating range of slime moulds thriving in the compost bin and all is (sort of) alright in the world.
Signs of spring(ish) in my neck of the woods...yesterday we had a flock of about a dozen wild turkey hens wander through the pasture, followed by around six very enthusiastic toms.
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Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
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Excellent. Always great to see. We have huge conifer plantations nearby, home to many Crossbills, but you can never plan to see them, it's just pure luck. Like the ones I saw a couple of years ago on the ground 'drinking' snow, and I wasn't even looking for them.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
In the garden today.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border