Category Archives: Birds

Chicks fledged

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Kieren

I know it was only last week when I first mentioned the birds nesting on or in our house this year. However, they had been there for a while before I posted and both sets of chicks have now fledged. … Continue reading →

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Chick-tastic

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Kieren

I’ve been meaning to post for a while as we’ve got two groups of birds with chicks at the house. Once again the starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are nesting in the eaves of the house. They nest in the roof each … Continue reading →

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Bird bonanza

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Kieren

The garden is slowly coming to life after a rather cold winter. Encouragingly we’ve had a lot more birds in the garden recently. In fact, just now, we had four species at the same time: Dunnock (Prunella modularis) Collared dove … Continue reading →

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First flowers of 2009

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Kieren

The weather was quite nice today and there was even a bit of blue sky. I thought I’d take the opportunity to replace the supports for the raspberry canes. I bought some met-posts and put some 50mm square posts into … Continue reading →

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Big Garden Birdwatch – bumper bird day

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Kieren

V and I have been doing the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch for about four years now. Unfortunately the birdwatch is usually a rather depressing activity as our garden doesn’t get that many feathered visitors. We’ve always thought this was probably … Continue reading →

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