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
'The Hideout. You can hide, But you'll still be seen'
Who put the sign up Mike .... 'er indoors ...
(Just reading some old threads while having my brekky)
Billysdad said:'The Hideout. You can hide, But you'll still be seen' Who put the sign up Mike .... 'er indoors ... (Just reading some old threads while having my brekky)
You know the scenario well....
Joking aside, there's no sign up, that was just some very crude amateurish graphics to get a cost on creating the sign onto slate or granite, that never went any further.
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Not totally sure if its one or more fox cubs visiting. This one doesn't seem bothered, nor curious on the hoggie to its right, my guess is it's been exploring it's local environment for a while before calling in here.
One of the visiting adult foxes.
Cubby off to the next food stop, momentarily halted by some activity, but not sure what. After a couple of seconds, it was soon trotting off.....
Not forgetting the visiting hoggies
More from The Hideout
The light was just perfect to crop this photo
very nice set of photos Mike, that robin is cute as is foxy !
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Regards, Hazel
HAZY said:very nice set of photos Mike, that robin is cute as is foxy !
Thank you Hazy.
The more I look at that nights footage, the more I think that particular cub is a new visitor, the glow from the trailcam PIR kept catching it's curiosity.
More from The Hideout, Mr BB very busy collecting food for the brood...
Mr BB had spotted the suet pellets on The Hideout step, and yes, he did try to cram as many as he could into that mouthful!
There is a blackbird nest in the bush in next doors garden, and both parents are working hard at keeping the chicks well fed. We are just beginning to hear the youngsters calling.
Keep a lookout, a heron caused a commotion the other night, and was mobbed by Mr BB, magpies, crows, and not regular visitors, but what looked like common gulls. I'm still sorting some of those photos....
Mike B said:Keep a lookout, a heron caused a commotion the other night, and was mobbed by Mr BB, magpies, crows, and not regular visitors, but what looked like common gulls. I'm still sorting some of those photos....
After much sifting through, editing, cropping these were the best photos I could manage....
It did get very noisy, eventually the heron decided to fly off to a quieter place.....
Lovely to see the youngins Mike
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Oh they are cracking pics of heron Vs gull