After a bit of the alternative Xmas, one not to be repeated, I hope, The Hideout has been a welcome refuge while trying to get back on my feet again.
The Hideout, just a random name I gave it, is my man cave, an integral brick built extension to the garage, which became a convenient dumping ground when we moved in 23 years ago, now nicely converted to a man cave.
A short 4 minute guided tour, no waffle, of The Hideout, which can be viewed HERE.
In my previous The Hideout thread, I did confess to honourably borrowing an annual based theme, so here it starts, and a link to the shorter 2023 thread, "Some from The Hideout 2023";
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/285975/some-from-the-hideout-2023
Not many photos to start with, I didn't fancy lugging the camera and dropping it, but The Hideout has been a comfort, heating on, gentle music in the background and urban nature (if such a term exists, well it does now), going about its business, and particularly nest building.
A pair of magpies seemed to be nest building atop our cherry tree, twigs etc being taken in, then the next day, the twigs seemed to be transported out, and to another tree, most likely a lot higher, further away. it may have been the cherry tree provided a central storage place, or not.....
The Hideout is definitely fulfilling its intended role.
Less of the waffle, and more photos.....
What better than an early sign of spring, daffodil shoots, that started showing very early December, which they always do here.
Mr BB looking for more suet pellets to be thrown from The Hideout, onto the grass....
Yesterday, 13th Jan,
Blue skies
and a magpie enjoying a bathe...
These first few images were taken through a dirty kitchen window, I know, should be clean, but I had been a guest of our fabulous NHS over Xmas/NY
Though blurred and out of focus, I hadn't anticipated the magpie taking flight,
These last few were taken from The Hideout
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Mike B said:This was about 15 mins before sunrise,
Good grief! Fifteen minutes before sunrise! Can you not sleep man ...
You would think you could treat urself to a wee lie in theses days Mike as you have officially retired .....very nice sunrise
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Nice rainbow and Sunrise Mike
Mike B said:I initially thought white bells, but struggled to find any info on them,
Some more info here ...
www.farmergracy.co.uk/.../hyacinthoides-white-city-bluebells-bulbs-uk
Saw on another site the white bluebells referred to as 'Albino'
Also came across this warning on X ...
x.com/.../1778104432955134163
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
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Strangely enough, when in hospital over Xmas/NY, one of the nurses said something similar.....
Linda257 said:You would think you could treat urself to a wee lie in theses days Mike as you have officially retired .....very nice sunrise
Thank you, but miss all these up and coming fabulous sunrises?
They're a very rare commodity these days.
Psst, there's more to come, just as SnappyMac has been our grabbing the suns rays, I've been doing the next best, drier and warmer days....
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Thank you SM.
More sunrise pics to come, but no rainbows (probably just as well)
Many thanks for the info, and apologies for the delay in replying, I've been making the best of warm drier weather while it lasts.
I can confirm the warning is very correct. After watching the seed dispersal last year, at makes brambles, nettles, bindweed and others seem mellow.
With one thing and another, I've been a bit lax posting, so a short update to follow.
It seems we may have new visiting foxes, click HERE to watch the trailcam footage. Our regular visiting foxes are used to hedgehogs and both hedgehogs and foxes will feed alongside each other. Obviously, if a fox gets too close to the hoggie, then the hedgehog does its bit and curls up into a ball, other than that, they feed regardless of each other. Not so in the aforementioned clip, the fox isn't sure what to make of the hedgehog...
The apple blossom finally making an appearance, albeit very brief this year....
And a single spay of bluebells among the whitebells...
Great photo's Mike.