The fight has begun against all those eating my vegetables. In picture order below the French Beans have been chewed by Deer, Broad Beans by black fly, the Peas, Beetroot, Chard all pulled up and munched down (guessing the Deer again) , and the pumpkins have been slugged. So far the Courgettes are surviving as are the Potatoes. So the Fencing is being replaced around the garden , to start with keeping the Deer out.
My bird tally in year 1 for the house is 70 species. The latest being added last Sunday when I went outside with my early morning coffee a Honey Buzzard drifted over. It was an adult dark phase bird and lots of barring on its chest was evident suggesting a female, I was quite lucky to
have the scope to hand and it would have been close enough to get a record shot if my camera had been handy, I went in afterwards to get the camera then a Hobby was hawking over the trees at the end of the field. Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Grey Heron, Rooks, Jackdaw, Stock Doves, House Martin lots of Swifts Magpie, Bullfinch, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Siskin, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit were all picked up in the early morning coffee break before the clouds rolled in for the day.
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| reinforcements |
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| A week old - 3 of 9 ducklings |
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| Hobby |
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