Tag: Garden
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Gardening for wildlife
I have written a lot about this, in Animal Wild and elsewhere in this blog. I think it is hugely important, more so now than ever before, and it really isn’t difficult. I am astounded that it can still be such an uphill struggle. I look after two gardens, our own and the adjacent plot…
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Woodpeckers again – an adult feeding a juvenile
This is not a good photograph at all. It is blurry, contains reflections and is otherwise unsatisfying, mostly because it was taken through two layers of glass. Definitely, in terms of the subject matter, one of those good photographs that got away. I have upped the contrast to mitigate somewhat, but not even Samsung’s AI…
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Garden delights
Wordsworth wrote: My heart leaps up when I beholdA rainbow in the sky… Well, my heart leapt up this morning when I beheld a Great Spotted Woodpecker in my garden this morning, only the second time I have done so. They always make me think of my friend Andy in our badger group who gets…