Tag Archives: Garden Birds

The Wildlife Garden in October

Cornus Autumn Colours The beginning of October was typically cool and damp at the beginning of the week – quite unlike other Octobers here in South Shropshire which are sometimes warm and sunny!  One of the local red kites flew … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in September

The first week of September started with warm sunshine and there were still lots of large dragonflies around the wildlife pond.  The garden birds however, were now quieter now apart from the house martins which were feeding young in the … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in July

Spotted Flycatcher with Small White Butterfly July is always a lovely month in my wildlife garden and this year was no different with spotted flycatchers nesting here this summer. I was able to watch these wonderful, charismatic little birds around … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in April

After a very cold and miserable March, April began with an improvement in the weather in South Shropshire providing a few quite sunny afternoons. There were still plenty of finches using the bird feeders – goldfinches, greenfinches, siskins and a … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in March

The beginning of March saw me still snowed in to the small valley in South Devon where I had been having a brief holiday, which turned into an extended stay! It was just about the worst weather I had seen … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in February

As usual for the time of year my garden wildlife diary for February seemed to be dominated by the weather, and with good reason! At first the mild conditions at the start of the month here lulled me into a … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in December

December was a very cold month in my South Shropshire garden with plenty of snow and frost. The weather brought large numbers of birds to the feeders and the orchard, while goldfinches fed on the seeds of lavender and teasel. … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in November

As we moved into November the weather began to turn frosty and cold, making this month yet another good one for birds in my garden in South Shropshire. An influx of pheasants at the very start of the month signalled … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in August

As the summer progressed here in South Shropshire there was sadly little change in the miserable weather. We were blessed with the very occasional warm and sunny day, but between these wonderful little windows of summer, cold, wet and even … Continue reading

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The Wildlife Garden in July

While some areas of the country, especially the south and east, were basking in high temperatures in July, the west was having rather a different set of weather conditions.  There were hot sunny days but these were interspersed with windy, … Continue reading

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