Delighted to see a lesser spotted woodpecker at the bird table this morning. The first I have seen for a couple of years. I hope having found something to eat it will revisit. I hear them drumming on the telephone poles, the council have thoughtfully put up new poles this last winter so plenty of places to choose from.
This morning I was putting some meal worms/suet pellets on my bird feeding station. A little Starling landed on the feeder, inches from me. He looked at me (a bit shocked I think) for a few seconds and flew off. By the time I got back to the house he was enjoying his breakfast
While travelling around this weekend saw boxing Hares, a peacock strutting beside the road (never seen one around here before) , a field full of swans ( biggest group that I have ever seen before, also on our return saw them take flight in a huge V formation) , a small murmuration of starlings , a monkjack deer within feet of us, and (for the third year at the same spot) a barn owl. All this while travelling though Lincolnshire. What a lovely weekend, including a day at the horse racing which was why we were out.😁
That sounds wonderful @purplerallim , well spotted and what a delightful mix. On our walk today I saw a wild rabbit! We just can't compete with sightings in the English countryside.
A few tears ago I hung a brown teapot up in my quince tree in the hope that a bird of some kind might fancy it as a des, res" It was the "in" idea at the time, A couple of days ago a blue tit was busy checking it out. It ha only taken 4 years for them to even consider using it, perhaps I should have used a pretty, flowery bone china teapot!
So many butterflies about, but so fast impossible to say which. Ladybirds in the plants and lots of bugs in the soil, the robin was having a field day. 😁
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.