Posted in Bird Friends Around the World on Apr 21st, 2008 No Comments »
I have a lovely magical story from one of my readers
Hi
well i would just like to tell you something that happened to me and my family today.
Well when we woke up this morning and looked out of the window onto our front garden we saw one of the mother ducks that has been nesting [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Mar 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
Here are a list of birds I’ve seen this morning on my walk and in my garden. I saw these birds over the period of one hour.
I think I take birds a bit for granted so thought I would make a note of the variety I see.
1 CHAFFINCH. It’s white wings showed up as it flitted [...]
Posted in Bird Friends Around the World on Mar 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
Ducks in town?
I was in a seaside town the other day in East Yorkshire when a movement on the edge of a car park caught my eye
It was a really busy area. At the other side of the wall was a busy road.
Then I saw duck number one being joined by duck number two -
It [...]
Posted in Nursery Rhymes About Birds on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Here are some of my favourite nursery rhymes about birds. Hope you like them.
Posted in Diary on Nov 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
Hi, I had to be outside early this morning. I was filling the bird feeders up before the birds had woken from their hedgerow slumbers. It’s nice to provide bed and breakfast to a variety of garden birds. They’ll hop out of the hedge and onto the bird feeders.
It’s when the squirrel, rooks and crows arrive [...]
Posted in General on Nov 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Hi folks, We have had two ducks visiting the farm pond every year for ages. They never seem to raise any ducklings but they are a welcome sight when they arrive. I found this poem in a children’s book. It is by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (translated by Rumer Godden). It reminded me of our [...]
