I've been a bit under the weather for the last few days, with lots of headaches and feeling spaced out!! (nothing new there😂) possibly Hay Fever or just the hot temperatures over recent days taking their toll, as both my regular readers will remember when the temperature goes over 20 degrees I begin to suffer😢!! Having bravely struggled into work all week, I decided to have a sofa day yesterday. I was looked after magnificently all day by Margie💓 (she didn't feel great either, but obviously as a man I suffer much more than she does 😱😲) However due to her awesome nursing I started to feel a bit better so I decided to stakeout the garden, with a view to getting a few shots of our local birds, I had been watching their activity all day from my sick sofa, their comings and goings were quite entertaining. I cunningly moved the bird bath, which I had noted being very popular, into the middle of the garden and began the set up. They were a bit wary to start with, sticking to the Hawthorn. But I managed a few shots.
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| Male House Sparrow |
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| Our wildlife patch, these purple flowers attract a lot of Bees, although they were obviously having a break when I took this shot! |
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| Female House Sparrow |
Has to be stated that we were a bit low on variety yesterday, mostly Sparrows and Starlings and the odd Blue Tit and Robin that did visit didn't fall into my trap!! There were also a couple of Feral Pigeons, four Collared Doves and 3 Woodpigeons, which I just ignored. The Woodies have started their chase each other around the garden antics, which were so annoying last year!!
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| Male House Sparrow first down for a drink |
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| Mr White Eye our regular male Blackbird sadly didn't come down to the pool to drink, though did briefly alight on the fence |
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| Miss No Tail also put in an appearance and seems to be getting around ok! |
It should be noted that my desired reflection shots were largely thwarted by my inability to position the bird bath in a level manner!!😏
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| Female House Sparrow |
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| Starling |
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| Juvenile Starling, we have had quite a few of these this year! |
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| Couple of young House Sparrows. There have been a few young uns being fed but numbers seem down compared to usual, Lets hope for some second broods! |
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| A reflection, sort of!! Whoop!!! |
A nice hour or so, there were a couple of Swifts knocking about, but couldn't really get on them from my position just back in the doorway !
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