What have you seen

Hope you get one that works for you, brue. It will be interesting to hear what visitors you're having.

Yes, it will be interesting, will reveal some of the strange noises and rustlings we hear, OH has managed to print out the English instructions all thanks to internet info from others. So nearly ready to set up.

I put a post on "what are you doing today" as I looked out of our kitchen window this morning wondering when the first fieldfare would arrive. We generally have one first arrival followed by a lot more when the temperature drops. I realised what I thought was a blackbird was in fact a fieldfare. So here are some pics. New arrival, zooming in for a closer look as he eyes up the small apples, getting into the apples, taking a peck and swallowing a big mouthful! The apple tree is a very old variety, the apples are small, just the right size for a quick peck. 

Lovely photos brue.

Great photos brue, We had a redwing the other day and today 1 cirl bunting in front of kitchen window but moved off to fast for photo.

Good luck with the camera Brue. I hope you get some interesting results. We recently set ours up on another farm CL but all we caught was a hedgehog. We'll try again on our next trip. 

We saw a Fieldfare, ten days or so ago, on top of a lamp post, in our local Dunelm Mills car park!  He was singing (or rather rasping) away, obviously asking 'Where the heck are you all................' to the rest of his flock (being a good Yorkshire Fieldfare)!  They've obviously all arrived now, and are currently in the fields behind our house, and in the hedgerows eating the hawthorn berries.

Walked up to the moor above Bolton Abbey club site to  Simon's Seat. Loads of Grouse, none with a whisky bottle anywhere near, plus we saw a male Hen Harrier quartering the moor.

Goosander and Dipper on the river with 2 pairs of Mandarin Ducks!

None of the grouse were sufficiently famous then?

The weather has been variable in the last week, but managed to get a few hours fresh air.

The Wren and Great White Egret were taken around Chew Valley Lake over the weekend, the Blue Tit, Goldfinch and Pheasant taken today at Newport Wetlands.

The Pheasant wandered around the top of the squirrel proof cage for a few minutes before poking it's head in to feed for quite a while.

Unable to post a photo at the moment (if ever) but today I finally got a close up look at the cocoons we've  seen on the pine/fir trees high up in the hills. They are the size of a grapefruit and there are thousands of them on the trees. Always wondered what they were, today I found out. The one we got a close up look at was covered in hairy caterpillars, not the really hairy type but hairy non the less. 

Does anyone have any idea what they are, moths or butterflies?