SUCCESS !

I have had for some time had small holes dug in the grass in my front garden. I had thought it was one of the foxes so I decided to put an infra-red camera out and see if I could find the culprit. Nothing happened for a few nights just the odd fox. Then this happened, the camera captured this image. It appears to be a badger (female) leaving the garden through a hole in the hedge. I must now find a way of getting her to visit on a more regular basis. It looks as though she has got a family so who knows. Wild animal count in the garden has now gone up to five. Grey squirrel, wood mouse, hedgehog, fox, badger.

Yellow hammer

Firstly I would like to apologise, I have been disconected for over a week, no internet, no mobile and no landline because somebody pulled a wire off in a box down the road from me. I was palmed off with all the excuses under the sun until I got really angry and it was fixed within the hour.
I kept myself busy in the meantime and made several visits to my new spot.

A little bit of bread and no cheese

I was greeted each time by a pair of yellow hammers.

Infra-red in the garden

 Not the best pictures I ever took but they are a good record of what goes on in my garden after hours. This fox is broken tail (BT for short) he has been coming for some two years now.

 Here he is again tucking in to some dog biscuits. He usually has a small dish of dog food which the hedgehog love and will eat if they get there first.

 This is a stranger and looks as though he needs a good feed.

This is BT again with one of his youngsters. I don't give them large meals just a small pleasent tasre to let them know they are welcome.

New Patch

 As many of you know I am now into my eighties and my legs will not carry me far from the car. Just lately I have had a great deal of trouble finding sites that do not include much walking.  Today I found a nice quiet car park on top of a hill surrounded with trees and bushey undergrowth. The weather was foul, dark and pouring with rain but I stuck it out and it soon cleared. Within minutes of the rain stopping a linnet appeared and began to serenade me.

When the linnet decided that it had enough it was quickly replaced by this yellowhammer who then told me what it had for its tea. It took him about 15 minutes to tell me about its little bit of bread but no cheese. The rain clouds brought this little party to an end and the birds soon disappeared.