Wood Duck

The North American Wood Duck is a bird of wooded swamps and shallow lakes, which is sometimes seen in the … More

The Ice Well

Before the invention of refrigerators and freezers, many country houses would have a ice well. These would be brick built … More

The hottest day of the year and most sensible birds where keeping in the shade as much as possible, so … More

All photos by Sue

Although we spent the day in London (See posts on Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition and future posting on Lowry exhibition) … More

The Muscovy duck comes from Central and South America. Originally a wild species, it was domesticated by the Indians. It … More

The garden continues to be quiet, although we have seen the Green Woodpecker on a number of occasions recently. A … More

Working at home most of today – 4 Swifts over garden mid-morning and a brief view of Green Woodpecker as … More

26 species were seen on the patch this month. Things have generally been quiet as the birds get on with … More

Finally, the nice weather seems to have arrived. This morning the garden was quite active as the nesting birds went … More