Odds & Sods 2022

Lovely to see the Hedgies Mike, and good also to see a couple of Blackbirds with your Magpie, very short on them over here at the moment.

gaynorsl said:

Lovely to see the Hedgies Mike, and good also to see a couple of Blackbirds with your Magpie, very short on them over here at the moment.

Here's another short clip, this time with the night vision binoculars, this morning (Wed 30th March) around 05:00 in the garden.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51970645409/

Hope all goes well with the eye ops Hazel I really understand how concerned you must feel. That's the first time I've heard of a Weeping Spruce even though I've seen them often enough another bit of my education completed.

Hi Pete, thanks so much and with now minus 7 diopter (excluding the astigmatism ! ) and a slight "bump" in the vitreous where fortunately the retina is still in tact. I really had no choice but to speed up the lens replacement surgery as my hobbies have gone out of the window and I even struggle to see emails these days without increasing the font. Another more delicate operation ! to get through before that in three weeks time so I'll be signing off the forum for a little while prior to 20th April as I'll be in a bit of pain. !! Hopefully all fit and well again for the LM meet up at end of June although I'll probably be wearing sunglasses even if its raining or a dark day. lol As for the tree, not sure it is called weeping spruce but its the only name I could come up with as it is a bit spruce like and it is pendulous. ! Hope you are doing well Pete and still managing to get some great days out with the family. Stay as well as you can.

Oh, good grief, Hazel, just read the last few days (distracted from normal stuff by what else?--Osprey arrivals!) As Pete says, it is understandable that this is a tough time for you and we, too, wish that everything goes well with the operations. We will be thinking of you and of Mike and we are looking forward to seeing you in June.

Looking forward to hearing and maybe even seeing you soon Hazel once again good luck.

As others wishing you success with the ops, and good recovery Bless you, and you will be missed, but your health is so important.

I personally dont like this ageing thing...Grr!!!!

I saw this little chap today, have not seen any for a while so just had to snap with my mobile.so apologies .

Some more from the garden, but late yesterday evening, a magpie enjoying a splash....

I've not long downloaded the trailcam videos, and we have a very active hedgehog possibly more than one, we don't really know for sure. What we do feel is, there must be something really appetising considering it is spending long periods around the same area, and likewise foxes.

We do have a dog fox that visits, possibly more than one, but he/they rarely trundle much further up the garden so they don't trigger either of the two trailcams, but they do leave their scent, and always around the same area.

There are most likely two vixens looking at the mammary glands, though it could be the same vixen depending on how long before each video she had last fed her cubs.

Enjoy the short videos freshly uploaded to my Flickr pages, all around 10 secs each

Hedgehog doing a reccie for food.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51978278992/

Hedgehog finding food

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51979354148/

One of the visiting vixens, and it looks like she's been feeding cubs for a short while now, looking at the mammary glands

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51979278406/ 

Hedgehog having a good feed

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51978270742/

Another visiting vixen, it looks like she may have started to feed the cubs, looking at the mammary glands

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51979347333/

"Is it safe yet?" Fox and hedgehog in the garden

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51979344238/

"Is it safe yet?" Fox and hedgehog in the garden

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51979268436/