The forecast is for 36 degrees in this part of England today. If you’re reading this from another part of the world, be assured that that is HOT for us! I decided to get up early and go running before the heat of the day really got started, but when I opened the door, IContinue reading “Heatwave Times”
Category Archives: Outdoors
Perfect weather
It’s a beautiful day today, still and sunshiny: the perfect day to go outside. However, in England, if you waited for a day like this before you went for a walk, you’d spend a lot of your time indoors. Last week I went for a walk in the rain. While I like – and oftenContinue reading “Perfect weather”
The Danglebird Dilemma
The bird books tell us that certain types of bird, like robins and dunnocks, don’t cling to our bird feeders, but instead tend to feed on the debris underneath. You can even buy low, flat bird tables that they can stand on (why they’d want to do that instead of rummaging around unseen in the grass,Continue reading “The Danglebird Dilemma”
Danglebirds
I’m on a one-woman mission to introduce a new term to the birding world: danglebird. The definition, which I’m working on, is something like, “a small bird which dangles athletically from thin branches, bird feeders and ivy, often without any regard for gravity. Gathers in groups which are sometimes quite large and pings from treeContinue reading “Danglebirds”
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