In My Garden 2022......

Well I think it's time I started a new thread as the old one is way tooooooo long now but can still be found here:

https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/206786/in-my-garden

Also the garden has been renamed Parkneuk Reserve ;-)

Hope you all had a fabulous festive period  and are all safe and well.

I have yet to venture out this year so it's just been me in my sparrowhawk hide (lol) aka Iona Summerhouse

So here's a few pics to kick off the new thread...hopefully get some new visitors this year..well I can live in hope ;-)

Jock taking pride of place in the Sprawk Hide

Had a mixture of sun, Frost and rain

Social distancing lollipops

Ringo hiding

Ringo after heavy rain

Redwing ...half decent pic finally 

And my lovely crows who are always on the look out for Jock!

Thanks for looking and hope you all continue to follow to the progress of my garden

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  • Definitely flags up lol...3 kids gone now, only our 17yr old left ;-)

    Sun??..sleet ..and wind lol...oh well the sun is out aswell but so are all the birds...Happy days.

    Thanks Mike ;-)

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  • Just looked at your video Linda, hardy little things aren't they those LTT's and only so tiny, hanging on like that.   How many steps did you climb, can't get the page to go back now but I know it was far too many!! no baking of pies now and having to climb up there to deliver!!

    Lot to learn

  • Lovely photos Linda; those poor lollipops in the video almost being blown off the feeder. ! bless them.

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    Regards, Hazel 

  • I am delighted to have the sweet little lollipops back in the garden most of the day...small and mighty but their calls are so sweet...64 steps Gaynor! Might visit once a month lol

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  • Thanks Hazel....they braved the sleet and wind today aswell ;-)

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  • Just found this thread, Linda some cracking photos Linda and it looks like you have been busy in the garden over the summer period. Do the birds have to pay a subscription to come into your five star garden now or can they get a day ticket ?
    Well done Linda a fabulous selection of birds.
  • Sorry to hear you cannot take it easy this weekend, Linda. It is a shame that you cannot put off the clear-out until next week and enjoy the weekend. As for the 64 steps--make him come down and then go out for each visit! No point in struggling up and down those stairs every month. And is it necessary to visit every month?! I seem to recall that my parents only visited me a few times in the first few years after I left home, but then they were not much for travelling and my first home was 150 miles away from them (and subsequent homes have been even farther away).
    Yes, Mr GB and I are well (as far as we know!). Hope you and yours are the same. We will continue to wear masks in the rare times we are in places where previously masks were required. Luckily some places near us have continued to have signs asking for folks to wear masks inside.

    Kind regards, Ann

  • Glad you found it ILR...yes it's been a hard slog and still a working progress...lol they pay me just by turning up come rain or shine...I would hate a quiet empty garden ;-)

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  • Just got so many things to do the now Ann but sooner a get it done the sooner I can relax....I think it's different with boys...probably my fault for mothering them too much as the girls were fine and happy to be left to their own devices when they flew the nest...although none of them have flown that far away as you did!

    Glad you and Mr GB are all good...we continously wear our masks aswell..don't even know if its law up here anymore...past listening...but we wear them and will continue to , to protect ourselves and our loved ones...also good for keeping the face warm in this miserable weather.

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  • A nice wee set of photos Linda. Another one away, hope you will not be too lonley! As for the 64 steps, think I would be going up ad down them, not a lot! Not been too windy, not like last weekend, but still snow and hail showers, forecast for all next week is the same. Keep cosy and warm if you are having the same.

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.