Posted in Gardening, My garden, Uncategorized, tagged flowers, Gardening, Spring on May 28, 2018| 4 Comments »
Heuchera ‘Marmalade’
When we lost a huge ash tree in a storm last autumn (see here) it meant we also had to remove a a few big shrubs in order to clear away the tree’s remains. This left some open spaces so we took the opportunity in spring to plant a few new perennials to fill the gaps.
I have been taking snaps of these – and a few older flowers, over the last month or so, and here they are… (more…)
Posted in Gardening, My garden, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged Gardening, Nature on October 3, 2015| 9 Comments »
New shoots of willowherb among the roots
I eventually decided to pull up the willowherb and enchanter’s nightshade that were seeding all over the gravel bed in the garden and was taken by the tiny red growth starting among the exposed roots of the willowherb, like little ruby roses. (more…)
Posted in Birds, My garden, Nature, tagged birds, Nature on June 25, 2015| 12 Comments »
Juvenile great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
In May and June there have been plenty of baby birds in the garden and I have been trying to capture them. Mostly I have been disappointed. My pictures are rubbish, really. But I felt I wanted to share them just to prove the variety of species we have breeding in our backyard.
The first spot of the year was (more…)
Posted in Birds, Gardening, My garden, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged birds, Gardening, Nature, Spring on March 29, 2015| 11 Comments »
Black cat in the garden, looking suspicious…
The month of March in the garden is a time of change as we step from Winter into Spring. But I have been out and about in city parks so much lately that I haven’t really done justice to pictures of my own scruffy wildlife garden. But here is my record of the month.
I started with a cat partly because, (more…)
Posted in Gardening, My garden, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged Gardening, magpies, Nature, Spring on March 19, 2014| 16 Comments »
Magpie (Pica pica) eating a mouse, perched on an ash tree in the garden
Spring is coming to my garden but as well as the usual new life bursting out all over the place, there are some losses, too.
I think the blackbirds are nesting outside my window – I saw a female taking a beakful of grass into a spiky Mahonia bush. But I fear it won’t give enough protection, as the magpies and crows are already (more…)
Posted in Gardening, My garden, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged birds, Gardening, Nature, Spring, weather on February 22, 2014| 20 Comments »
Cherry blossom sprouting on a roadside tree
After months of rain and gales, with floods and falling trees, this week has been comparatively calm in Wales. Winter probably hasn’t finished with us yet, but at last there have been real signs of spring.
I noticed catkins and cherry blossom on roadside trees as I was walking home in the dusk the other night, so took my camera with me next morning. They must have (more…)
Posted in Gardening, My garden, Nature, Uncategorized, tagged birds, Gardening, Nature, Spring, weather on January 26, 2014| 14 Comments »
Dark pink hybrid hellebore in the garden in January
We have had a LOT of rain here in Wales, but at least so far this winter has been mild. You may recall that December still felt like late autumn.
As we near the end of January, there are signs of spring. The hellebores have (more…)
