Category: Paul’s Blog
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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,…
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Day 26 in our garden
I must admit that early on in the day I didn’t expect to have a new species to tick off for today; partly because the weather meant I was not going to spend much time in the garden. But here we are, one new species for the series and two photos of it. I have…