Unthought of, though, somehow

I always got a big kick out of photographing the birds that visited the grounds of the former Swede Towers - I occasionally shared the resul...

I stumbled out of the back door early yesterday morning and caused the usual flurry of panicked fluttering as numerous blackbirds, sparro...

Feeding time in the garden over the weekend. The kids are growing up fast. No wonder he feels the need to let off steam every morning! ...

As the winds increased still further and the rain began to fall in sheets, Mrs S & I retired with haste to the nearest cover. It was one...

In the middle of last week I had to walk into town to pick up my car from the garage. Along the way, I marvelled at the swallows swooping un...

On Wednesday afternoon, just half an hour after I'd read through C's brilliantly vivid post concerning her recent grisly encounter w...

Rachel Horwood and Rozi Plain at Cley Before we went inside, Mrs S & I watched skylarks performing vertical pirouettes in the far d...

Just over a week ago, for the first time this year, we heard a sound we've come to love more than almost any other - the screaming cal...

Almost exactly a year ago I posted a few shots ( here ) of a collared dove who'd elected to set up a nest in a very precarious position....

The local sparrows have always pulled and pecked a bit, but this year they've really been munching away at Mrs S's beloved gard...

A few more photographic memories of our short holiday in North Norfolk. This is Bruce. He immediately made us feel very welcom...

Life is getting loud in our neck of the woods. Standing in the garden for 10 minutes earlier today I heard a recently returned Cuckoo soundi...

Snug as a bug in a rug, this collared dove has built a nest in a temporarily comfy, though ultimately unwise location - a neighbour...

Down the garden, over the allotments and across the marsh beyond. I always stop to look out of our bedroom window, whether I'm on ...

....though someone should point out that, round these parts, it's considered rude to chew with your mouth open.

We're off to the smoke for a couple of days to catch up with the visiting New York contingent of the family, where we'll be sw...

Something strange is going on around here. Our house has suddenly become a magnet for birds and I don't mean the general area, I...