• Who was it?
    SOMETHING has been digging around in one of my pots that supposedly contains peas, though I'm starting to suspect the peas may have since been spirited away by the mystery container raider! I suppose...
  • Who's a clever bird?
    The other day I could hear this 'tap tap' from the top of the garden. Then there'd be a pause, and a couple of minutes later 'tap tap tap'. On investigating, I found this young Great Spotted Woodpecker...
  • who dropped by?
    So there I was this afternoon, sipping coffee and standing proudly by my cottage and wildflower border when a small (smaller than a Sparrow and much daintier) bird boldly hopped onto some Ox-Eye daisies...
  • Who lives in a house like this?
    Here is something I got very excited about in my garden this week. Any idea what this is? To give you some sense of scale, it is a mound about the size of a half grapefruit, made of little fragments...
  • Look who's eating the birdseed!
    When I do the rounds at night I always check that there is food in the trays and feeders ready for the early birds and have noticed that the ground tray is always empty next morning. I assumed it was...