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Category Archives: Nature
Big Garden Birdwatch 2021
Like many people in the UK I did the “Big Garden Birdwatch” last weekend watching out for birds in the garden. For whatever reason, this year was a “bad year” with the total list of birds being: Great Tit Woodpigeon … Continue reading
RSPB Garden Birdwatch 2020
Well, its that time of year again when we sit and watch the birds in the garden for an hour or so. As ever, the weather isn’t the best and it makes one wonder why we do it now. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Nature
Tagged blackbird, Blue Tits, Chaffinch, crow, dunnock, Great Tits, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, green woodpecker, magpie, robin, RSPB Birdwatch, Woodpigeon
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Polytunnel Activity, Planting Tomatoes, Garden Birdlife, etc..
Last year I gave up my allotment. It was too far away and not doing what I wanted (unlike many allotments, despite the fact there are over 100 plots, rarely are there any people about. Everybody seems to go on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Greenhouse, Nature, Vegetables
Tagged Blue Tits, Ducks, gardening, Polytunnel, raspberries, Tomatoes
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Green Shieldbug Eggs
Whilst harvesting swiss chard, found these. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Garden, Nature, Vegetables
Tagged Green Shieldbug, Insects, Swiss Chard
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Cuckoo
We heard a cuckoo today, the first time for years Continue reading
A Walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve – Fish
We went out on a walk this afternoon (we’re trying to up our paces as part of our get fitter campaign). As well as the usual sightings of a collection of water birds, we saw something I’ve never seen before. … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Attenborough Nature Reserve, Birds, Fish, Great Crested Grebe, Swans
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Raspberry Pi as a Naturewatching Camera
Those of you who watch Springwatch on the BBC are probably already ahead of me. I was interested to see that there was a short article in one of the programs on a “£25 Nature Watching Camera” from MyNaturewatch. It … Continue reading