by Ellie | Nov 1, 2021 | activities for the kids!!, Etsy shop
So tis the season for gift buying and giving!! But what about looking at buying kids outdoorsy gifts?? Encouraging them to get outside even on the rainy days stops them from merely tolerating the bad days waiting for the good! Being outdoors whatever the weather...
by Ellie | Mar 2, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
These past weeks we have had the Great Spotted Woodpecker on the peanut feeder! An awful photo due to haste and filthy windows!! Lol!! I really must clean them!! What they eat… They love insects often found in standing dead wood and their drilling into trees can...
by Ellie | Feb 23, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
This week we had THREE goldfinches zooming about in the seed heads on the wall!! So exciting as they are such pretty birds!! And so fast I couldn’t get my own image, but this beautiful one shows you how wonderful these little birds look!! What they eat… They...
by Ellie | Feb 16, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
We have two little Coal tits and two little Marsh tits that regularly visit the bird feeders out front! They are remarkably like the blue tits in character. Hanging around in pairs, easily chased off by the bigger great tits and other birds, but never far from the...
by Ellie | Feb 9, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
We have a couple of blue tits regularly visiting our feeders. Such sweet little things. Before we converted the tin hut into what will be later this year the holiday let we had a pair that nested in the roof there every year. This year we have made a bird box or two...
