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UK Nature Blog
http://www.uknatureblog.com
Wildlife of the UK's gardens and countryside, for the enthusiastic amateur naturalist.
- Added on: Oct 14th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Clean your bird feeders
A couple of days ago I posted on this blog to note my confusion over the birds staying away from the feeders, despite the encroaching winter. Well I may have figured out why: on closer inspection there is a healthy crop growing in one of my feeders, ...
Feather structure
Here we have a feather, almost definitely of a wood pigeon or collared dove, including a close-up to show the detail of the individual 'barbs' and the fine hairs that ordinarily lock them together, though they've become unzipped in this...
Not hungry
Strangely, I've noticed that as the temperature has dropped and autumn, then the start of winter have encroached, there have been fewer birds on the feeders in our gardens. These offer a variety of seeds and fat balls, but right now I'm seein...
Wrap up warm and think of spring
It's just started to get cold out there and I suspect winter is moving in for the kill after a mild November for the most part (the honeysuckle has just re-flowered on the front of our house). The picture is a reminder that spring will be here be...
2009 - a good year for garden wildlife?
A poll in the BBC's Gardeners' World Magazine has given a good insight into the shape of garden wildlife in 2009. This survey of magazine readers shows that there appears to be increases to the number of bees, moths and butt...
This tree loves you
