I noticed out of the corner of my eye whilst watching TV something moving around my sitting room. I thought it was a moth or butterfly but eventually spotted a robin, sitting on one of the wall lights looking at me. It seemed unphased and uninjured so I decided to try and catch it. It flew into an alcove, right up in the corner where the ceiling and 2 walls meet. Then it disappeared. When I felt there was a hole between the stones, the cottage is cob built, so I then opened the sitting room door and front door and sat down to watch and wait. The bird flew straight outside so I am guessing the cat brought it in or it came down the chimney into the bread oven area. I did several years ago have a Lesser Horshoe bat hanging on one of the beams but I still have no idea how they find their way inside. The walls of the cottage are around 3ft thick and infilled with stone and rubble so the chimney is my bet as the cat usually kills or mauls any bird she gets her paws on.
Yesterday evening, while letting the puppies out on the yard, I found two of these wandering across the concrete...
I think they're great crested newts in their non-breeding attire but not sure. Either way, it's my first interaction with newts and one I'm pretty chuffed with! Also means that we're doing something right if we're attracting more variety to the garden.
Rather than leave them at the mercy of Betty and Bella I moved them about 20 metres to the pond / log piles area of the garden.
Robins are so friendly that they follow anyone who they regularly see ( like gardeners) We have had ours follow us into the shed and greenhouse many times, so if you were out with the door open maybe it hopped in @Joyce Goldenlily 😁
My jays come to my bird feeder early in the moring and ravage the fat balls. They collect beaks full, take, it aweay to hide in a cache not far away, then come back for more. They can demolish fat balls very quickly, ;eaving nothing for the smaller birds who come later. Jays are so beautiful to look at, I once came across a cluster of the bright turqouise feathers on the ground which I collected. I assume the owner must have had an encounter with another bird which had attackked it.
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I think they're great crested newts in their non-breeding attire but not sure. Either way, it's my first interaction with newts and one I'm pretty chuffed with! Also means that we're doing something right if we're attracting more variety to the garden.
Rather than leave them at the mercy of Betty and Bella I moved them about 20 metres to the pond / log piles area of the garden.
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Jays are so beautiful to look at, I once came across a cluster of the bright turqouise feathers on the ground which I collected. I assume the owner must have had an encounter with another bird which had attackked it.