i filmed some very cute turnstones while I was in Brixham on Thursday:

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And great screaming custard, don't they take ages to upload!

And very pretty it is too.

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And that footprint at the end happened...how?

This morning I was pleasantly surprised by the sight of a male bullfinch just outside the kitchen window. This is the benefit you get from living by an orchard. Yesterday morning I was unpleasantly surprised by my bed collapsing under me as I got up. I may have to lay off the chip butties for a while.

Ok, my plan to add phoned-in annoyance to the A-band recording session failed, so i went for a walk. hello trees! Hello flowers! pictures tomorrow if you guys remind me.

While out, I saw three new birds (new for the year, that is) all within half an hour. First, two swallows. So that makes a summer, doesn't it? Then, at the Cider Press Centre, a ( Read more... )

I have little to say, except that I have little to say. I am waiting again. I keep doing that.

The DVD in my pooter is kaput. Not good. can I fix it manually (ha!) or do I fork out again?

Shelduck. Always reliable on the Teign estuary. Even when you're whizzing past on a train (not that British trains whizz especially...)

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Pootah in shoppe for repairs, still don't know the problem, or what it wil cost. Jeans patched with colourful fabric. No money - or rather, I have money, but I can't spend it until I get the repair bill. Oh well. I have enough in thecupboard to survive on, and I can still get milk. Buzzards circling, acually rather than metaphorically. Happy Ostara ( Read more... )

It's going to be a cold winter. I put up some bird feeders on monday, but the birds aren't feeding them yet. Whaddaya want, pizza? Gardening and conservation has also been a chilling experience. But not as chilling as that scary bit in Fortean Times (the water works story ( Read more... )