Category: Paul’s Blog
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Day 34 in our garden
Yesterday was the day that the majority of the white blossom fell off the Cherry Tree whereas today it was the turn of the pink blossom. We had a good carpeting of it. You can see quite a bit in the photos from today. The header image is a Gold Finch that picked up a…
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Day 33 in our garden
Things were seriously slowing down on the new species front but I have spotted a few more for Day 33’s post. I had the wrong lens on for when this Grey Heron flew over. I had my 105mm macro lens on the camera instead of my 150-600mm long lens but it is still recognisable. I…
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Day 32, a re-cap of the Day in our garden series – Birds
As expected I have reached a Day where I have not seen any new species for this series of blog posts. I had set a camera up in one area of the garden to automatically take a photo every minute, giving me 200 images to review, but nothing showed itself. A couple of twigs got…
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Day 31 in our garden
A couple of little surprises for Day 31. On Day 31 I had a look at out Oregano plant, last year it had Mint Moths and Mint Moth caterpillars on it so I was looking for them. According to Butterfly Conservation site Mint Moths are around from mid April. I didn’t see any evidence of…
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Day 30 in our garden
Photos of two new species spotted and snapped for Day 30. The header image, and this one, are of a Hedgehog that must have tumbled into the wheelbarrow in next door’s garden. It must have been a bit athletic during the night for that to happen. I don’t think it was dropped in there by…
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Day 29 in our garden
Two new species today. I don’t count the cargo plane as a species and though I have posted a caterpillar before this one is a different flavour. I spotted what I thought was a tiny twig dangling and spinning half way between the leaves over the arbour and the ground. At first I thought it…
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Day 28 in our garden
Unfortunately I have nothing new species wise for Day 28 but here are two cute photos taken during the day. I will be putting together that promised review of the lock-down days soon. The header image today is a male Blackbird nicely perched at the top of the hedge next door. And this one is…
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Day 27 in our garden
Things seemed quiet in the garden today apart from noisy Blackbirds and Goldfinches. The header image is of two juvenile Woodpigeon in a tree today at the front of the house. I know I have seen Wood Pigeon flying into the tree over a few weeks, and seen them perched a the top of it,…