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stand many years ago and after it had served its purpose and because it
cost so much I couldn't bring myself to throw it out, so it lay on its
side unused for the longest time until I finally decided I wanted to
create some sort of cat free space for the birds to feed, adding some
logs that were far too big to burn in my hearth and a length of rope, an
old splatter guard for frying pans and a foil tray that last years
basted turkey breast came in, a few bamboo canes poked through the holes
in the frame and I found myself with a 'birdstand' now considering the
birds here have taken over every corner of my houses' roof as nesting
sites, not to mention the porch it seemed only fair they should have a
takeaway nearby, I had no idea that area of the garden would attract so
many other living things...............so I keep my camera handy and
here are the 'visitors' to my café |
not the most obvious of visitors, in fact this was the only one I
have seen to date (Collared Dove) thank you to Colin Henderson |
Magpie, they don't usually stop on their way past
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a regular, Peter, he's a real cheeky character, he taps at the windows
until I feed him and he brings his Mrs. but she is much more nervous and
charges off like the road runner when she sees any movement, this guy
will eat bread straight from your hand, I will add photos of that later |
Mrs. Peter Pheasant, you should see her go when she spots me watching
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excuse the blurry shot, 3 early morning visitors, Mr. & Mrs. Peter
Pheasant and Mr. Magpie |
birds so different get along
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Chaffinch in foreground and a House Sparrow
behind (thank you to Colin Henderson) |
  
whereas its beaks at dawn here |
 
Dunnock (Hedge Sparrow)
coal tit
thank you again to Colin Henderson for identifying my mystery birds |
    
lots of Robins |
 
the lodgers feeding |
Chaffinch
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this is all I caught of a fast moving hare, you can just about see
his hind legs disappearing into the trees in the very centre of the shot |
what's the password ? |
thankfully he doesn't eat in my garden but he does nosey over the
hedge, he had a nasty temper and I have the broken fence to prove it |
the other residents who live here, sadly Ali (left) died last summer |
brrrrr snow |
poor wee thing, I found him frozen into a bowl of water, I have now
tipped the bowl on its side so bathers like him can get out easily, I
also moved the piece of garden hose that I think he used to get into the
bowl, it was my fault in the first place as I threw bread out the window
the night before and some of it went into the bowl |
the best place to be when its snowing outside, under a sheepskin rug
a dog's life eh |
tits
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more tits |
  
  
This is not Peter, that's the only way I can tell him from the other
pheasants who visit my garden, Peter is extremely forward, he will take
bread from your hand easily and peck at your shoes and follow you round
the garden like a puppy, he even stands his ground when I let the dog
out for a pee
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black and white with the same stripe down the middle of the breast as
the green tits have - Pied Wagtail, (thank you Colin)
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Chaffinch
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don't leave the door open, cheeky Peter will come looking for his
breakfast
I was in a hurry this time so I grabbed the camera and a bit of bread,
took these shots then shooed him out and closed the door, you should
have heard the plaintive screech when he saw there was no more food, I
had to throw out some more in the garden - hehehehe |
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yum |
no more ? |
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seasons - brr cold |
seasons - pea soup |
seasons - rain and a beautiful double rainbow |
seasons - autumn sunset |
seasons - Scotland getting a wee drop of bad weather 8.3.09 1.30pm |
seasons - misty autumn morning |
seasons - summer sunset
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lots of birds, glad they don't stop for food
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2010
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Introducing Peter the Second or P2 for
short, he's bigger but equally as cheeky and getting cheekier by the day
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Scoobie usually chases and sometimes catches
birds but methinks this one might be a wee bit big for him, still, he's
watching him out of the corner of his eye, and the other eye is on my
food
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Vikki gave me a window bird feeder for Christmas, its pretty neat, if
you stand still you can be as close as 12 inches from the birds, I also
kitted out a cheap rose trellis (Lidl) as a feeder and I used a squirrel
proof seed feeder from Poundstretchers at Springhill Shopping Centre,
the big birds can't get into it and although it took a few days for the
small birds to get used to it, its often crowded now.
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Scoobie watching me cooking, the reason why he
is ignoring P2
and what he is watching below
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7th April 2010 dodged the showers and still
managed to eat outside..
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The first Barbq of the season, yum yum, after charging out with a brolly
a few times during cooking it turned out a nice calm evening with a
beautiful setting sun.....here's hoping we have a nice summer
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hiding inside during a shower, wimp!
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a sparrow hawk stalking my birds
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he's watching that wee sparrow but I spooked him and not for the first
time either, I caught him mid murder on Friday but the bird he had
pinned to the ground was fighting back, not to mention screeching up a
storm, a magnificent bird, I just wish he would eat elsewhere
 
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