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Is something else! Plays blues on the bagpipes as well. Just found her today. ,,, Summertime - always good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQG_EvQjkEQ

A question for you - because I can't make up my mind what would be best. I'm going to make a house sparrow 'terrace' of 3 nest boxes in one. I've seen designs that have 3 boxes but just one hole so that means, in that design there must be partitions between nest 'boxes' that they can fly/hop...

What is going on here? It looks like they a germinating while still on the teasel maybe?

You should be able to make their names out under the pictures. Pom is always very stylish and a little aloof. She is off lay but when laying she has always had a very deep red comb (Pomegranate) Mo - well! Just about looking her worst but there were no more feathers on the perches this morning...

'Shabby Chic' from the Galus Autumn Collection 2020

I'm hoping 2021 isn't quite as frightening as this!

There seems to have been a special offer on mortars this year. I can tell the crew were a bit bothered as they were sort of jumbled up on the perches last time I went to check on them but it has tailed off now.

Found this from Dick Glasgow - Love these guys!

This is the best one I've had because it has minimal difficult places to scrub. The bottom latches to the top easily. If you latch them all the way until they click then they can be difficult to separate again but I never do twist it that far because it wouldn't come undone in use anyway.. It...

Is tape worm in chickens an acute problem do we think? I have got the impression before that it isn't - even some suggestion that it is not a worry at all! But I always wonder where the guidance derives from - like, if it were a commercial flock then the veterinary advice might be that it wont...

It was going in and out like this like a flash. I wondered if there was a drey in there but that would be ridiculous! No sign of it today so I guess it was just having a look. The nearest tree canopy is a good 50 metres away and they are 4 story buildings.

I hope this is a cheery pic but even though it seems like a strange place to be, I cant imagine this squirrel is stuck up there. The way it got into the pot and sat there cracked me up! Wired slate pots! I dont think I've seen any other old jobs like that around here. ... maybe its self...

Down to one layer I think. Well Lulu may still be working the nest box but is looking very pale in the comb. Pom was the first to throw in the towel and start shedding feathers a couple of weeks ago. It will be good to have them all safely off lay for the year but it is such a long eggless...

On going attempt to learn some birdsong. Although maybe a strange way of doing it, it has been a very thorough introduction to go through about 250 files of common song and label them like in the picture (its a sort of song type/shape/frequency shorthand). Anyway, I found a Marsh Warbler in the...

This business lately of having to book into the dump to drop off floor covering has resulted in me picking up a fairly small bale of straw locally (pet supplies). I know it would be good to have a big compost heap but Im garden sized challenged in that regard. Trouble with straw, though, is it...

RSPB Gwenffrwd Dinas was amazing!!! I did really badly on taking bird pictures! There is a Nuthatch in the tree!

This is the best I can manage BYM (recent trip to Llyn Brianne)

Gannet's eye is beautiful! Its like the sky has been caught in it (poetically!) Been trying to learn birdsong better and have discovered that displaying audio as 'sonograms' is very easy in Audacity (probably also in other audio editing apps) just by switching the display from 'waveform' to...

Fantastic - check out the blue haze! The chap on the sit-up-and-beg chopper style is standing out in the crowd! Mine is an altogether more modern affair.

Ages ago I rescued an old steel lamp shade from the dump thinking it might be useful. Was about to take it back but have been looking for a way of removing poo dust from under the bedding. Deep bed is one way, of course, but I like them to be able to scratch to the bottom to trim their nails...