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
Nice to see your playful foxes Mike
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Mike B said:The reason for using the watermark on images shared here and on other platforms, is to make it less appealing to download. Having once had a photo copied from on social media platform that was put up for sale by someone from the far east, they stood to make a profit at my expense, but not with my permission
Nobody ever tries to steal my photos ...
Linda257 said:Nice to see your playful foxes Mike
Yes, nice to see, but no cubs as yet, which based on the last couple of years, is late.....
A long overdue update from The Hideout and garden, which reminds me, I MUST get some pccies of the flowering honeysuckle....
The lavender looking good in the summer sun
Some overhead swift action....
A first for the garden, a scarlet tiger moth, not one, but two flitting around, as they do.
BTW, I've no idea if this is the same one or both, but a fabulous inflight capture
The young of 2024
Mum didn't like the sound of the camera, so went into the bush to feed junior...
The ornamental cherries are finally ripening, much to the delight of the resident blackbirds
And finally, a succulent/cacti plant bought from Cornwall last September, is growing fast
Do I spy a flower head appearing
And there's more!
How about some mischievous magpie action captured on a trailcam and uploaded to my Flickr pages...
Psst, there's some fox running scared of a cat action to follow
What a stunner of a moth Mike, nice to see the garden growing!
Linda257 said:What a stunner of a moth Mike, nice to see the garden growing!
Thank you, and it was a stunner of a moth.
It was pure chance seeing the moth, and many thanks to CJ who identified it for either Snappy or BD, I don't quite recall who.
Good shots of the moth Mike, I saw my first one of these just a few days ago.
SnappyMac said:Good shots of the moth Mike, I saw my first one of these just a few days ago.
Thank you.
Initially I thought it was your good self, but couldn't find the original post.
STOP PRESS NEWS
I'm just in the process of downloading and sorting through the trailcam footage from the last 3+ days, and a quick reccie through, we have our first observed fox cub visiting.