Category: Paul’s Blog

Day 10 in the garden featuring Mining Bees, their nests, and an egg laying Bee/Wasp.

Though some of the wildlife I know is around has been hiding itself I have managed to get 2 new things for today’s blog post, three if you count the female Blackbird in the header image as separate to a male Blackbird. Below I am starting with an OK image. The next one which is…

We are now into day 9 and I am only now getting round to posting the findings of Day 8. There is a reason for the header image and the Wood Pigeon has its eyes closed because some of you might not want to look – Day 8 is creepy crawly day. I also know…

Today did not play ball. Wildlife was skulking today apart from the regulars of Blue Tits, Dunnocks, Blackbirds and the like. What I am trying to do is show something new each time (I might switch to weekly) but ones that I know are around are not showing themselves. I have had brief glimpses so…

Eee! It’s been a bit cold out there, I don’t intend to spend any more time in the garden today. Most of today seemed very quiet apart from soon after I had dug and loosened some soil. Quiet a few worms were exposed but I had the wrong lens to get close enough for them.…

One of the things I am hoping to do during this day count is have something new for each posting. Or at least to see how many days I can go with finding something new each time. As the day count goes on it is likely that I will get more and more difficult. I…

I have left it a bit late before getting around to looking at the photos from my time in our garden today so here are some photos of new subjects quickly put together before we get to midnight. Today’s header image is a Squirrel silhouette. When I first went into the garden this morning at…

Would you believe I spent some time in the garden today? I watched the Blue Tits going in and out of the nest box and only once saw something like nesting material. It could of course be many Blue Tits and not one has decided to move in yet. There are no scars, tattoos, or…