• I think the blackbirds are onto me...
    The blackbirds have REALLY started raiding the pyracantha hedge, in fact it looks like they have almost stripped it of what few berries it has produced this year! I think they know I'm planning on cutting...
  • And now onto the catwalk, wearing acid green, please welcome...
    With each passing week, another plant seems to take its brief turn centre stage. And in the world of trees, right now there is one that is so acid green in colour that it leaps out a mile from mature...
  • Feeders
    I have fumbling arthritic hands and find a lot of feeders very tricky to take apart and clean what with nuts, bolts, screws etc. I notice there are new ring pull seed feeders, has anyone tried them and...
  • Siskins on feeder
    A pair of siskins visited our garden last spring, before moving on, presumably to nest. They were joined, briefly, by a Redpoll at Easter.
  • Siskins @ feeder
    only since january have i noticed the addition of siskins to my feeder . what a welcomed sight they are