An Arctic Visitor – Rough Legged Buzzard
The United Kingdom is home to a rich diversity of bird species, and birdwatchers often find themselves captivated by visitors from abroad that grace its skies. One such visitor, the…
The United Kingdom is home to a rich diversity of bird species, and birdwatchers often find themselves captivated by visitors from abroad that grace its skies. One such visitor, the…
One of the major perks of our recently launched vlog is that it’s going to allow us to experiment and learn about new things. What surprised me in our latest…
We are surrounded by fields that are home to all kinds of wildlife. Over the past three years, four wild pheasants have settled on our smallholding and very much call…
We are fortunate to be surrounded by wildlife and on a daily basis we see pheasants, ducks, rabbits and moorhens. We have glimpsed some more unusual animals like stoats, foxes…
We have a lovely brass, Indian temple bowl that we picked up on our travels many years ago that now lives out by the pond, and this year I was…
It was an eventful start to the day with not one, but two foxes running around the front garden. We’ve heard the foxes at night, but have never seen them.…
We woke up this morning to several animal notifications from our Netatmo smart security camera. When we reviewed the footage we were pleasantly surprised to have our first ever badger…
It’s been a busy week at our pond, and our latest update is an encounter with some common toads, bufo bufo. We know very little about toads, so we pulled…
Two beautiful, graceful Canadian geese stopped on our pond for an hour this morning. They chilled out, had a wash and a drink, and the pushed on. Lovely to watch,…
We think that the same heron that visited our pond last year is back. They really are just fabulous looking birds. It’s also a welcome break from the negativity of…