What have you seen

Despite having quaffed several King Goblins and Hob Goblins I've never seen a Boggle either up close or through my bins! In some respects I wish I could particularly in these lockdown days!🍻😉

I was surprised th the other morning to see a set of what I think were deer tracks in the snow, as we live in an estate, and although there are fields close by the nearest woods are well over a mile away. I have never seen any deer in the fields by us.

We have Roe deer here, I had a look on the British Deer Society web site, perhaps you have some nearer than you think Nellie? I didn't realise how long they've been here, 10000 years! 

One more day left for the  RSPB garden birdwatch...I'm afraid ours have gone on strike due to the weather.. 🦅

Thanks brue. The tracks were distinctive but relatively small so perhaps were from Muntjac.

Have taken a couple of bird photos taken today 1st is our Hawfinch on the window feeder and the unusual coloured Magpie out in the field so both taken through the windows.

A first for me this week and something I'll probably never be lucky enough to spot again! My Cinnamon Trust dog walking takes me alongside a rather murky stretch of the river Avon. Occasionally I see a flash of blue and realise a kingfisher has just passed by. But this time it decided to perch on a branch just below one of the bridges so I thought I'd stop to watch for a while. Then it dived down into the water and emerged back on to the branch with a fish in its mouth. Sadly, I only had my phone with me but did manage to get a picture - you'll have to look closely though - it's the tiny blob almost right in the centre of the frame (honest, gov, it is! )

Female Sparrowhawk paid a visit to the garden this morning, very odd to see a pair of Blue Tits trying their best to scare it off, before a pair of Blackbirds joined in. The Sparrowhawk took absolutely no notice and sat there for over an hour.

Good photo BM our male Sparrowhawk is still around from last year and has grow a bit as last year it was quite young.  Have had over the last three days a lot of Red Kites flying over our house from SW to NE maybe they are trying to escape the flooding further south of us.

Had a afternoon coffee outside the last two days and watched a male Blackbird drinking out of an old black bucket then decided to have a splash about came back twice and did not like the Blue tits landing on the bucket edge and I have a large bird bath only 10 feet away from where he was he just wanted his own pool, I have another next to the house a bit smaller and the robin comes to it first thing in the morning and last thing just before it gets dark as no other birds about.  

Our sparrowhawk zoomed past yesterday. Scattered everything in garden.

Nice little treat today. We parked up and had a Gregg’s pasty in our local retail park. Bi monthly event, topping up on pooch food. All the resident starlings were about. I threw a few crumbs out of window, then sat and waited while they perched on car wing mirror, and then they took crumbs out of my hand. Gorgeous little birds, very special close up. Sadly OH wasn’t quick enough with camera, but I will try again next time we call.