Category: Nature
The natural world – flora & fauna.
As you may recall, Blackie died when Ian was in Antarctica. When he was in Austria, Mrs Frosty snuffed it. Last week there was further trauma when his favourite rescue hen, Scrappy, passed on to the great chicken coop in the sky. So from six chooks the flock was reduced to three. Until now. Welcome …
So far so good, all six eggs have hatched and survived their first few days!
Looks like summer has ended and the monsoon seasons is just ramping up!
Our resident Blue Tit has finished laying her eggs now, she has six!
Our resident Blue Tit has finished her frantic nest building activities. She lined the nest with fluffy little feathers, and then before we knew it...
There was a patriotic flavour to the race that formed part of the weeken's entertainment...
Hooray! Our video equipped nest box has seen some frantic nest building activity today!
Many months ago Bill asked the question: "Did mining take place at Ecton in the bronze age?"
