Today's summary. As well as the Blue tit visit earlier and rescue attempts that meant I forgot to doublecheck so when my carer doing my shopping got to the cash machine she had to ring me. £0.01p in the account, I'd forgotten to transfer the money to that special account!! Oops 😂 She came back with my prescriptions in a Massive carrier bag not the ( Read more... )

About an hour ago I heard the rooks, by the time I'd got to the back door I found 4 cats sat there anxiously looking out. I went into the garden apple in hand, and the rooks were going mad, swirling and whirling in a confusing unnerving manner nothing like the murmeration I've seen them do. I watched for ages as others flew over to the corner of ( Read more... )

Just eating at the garden centre at Stokesley before learning of today's news when we suddenly became aware of a little bird, most likely a Dunnock hopping around inside the restaurant. It was a little shy but eyeing us up so feeling a bit guilty about my actions, I actually threw a piece of crust onto the floor. It eventually hopped over and got ( Read more... )

This is very different, poor turkeys but at least they are enjoying a more normal life until.... Well later 😞 However watching the video shows just how happy and normal freedom is for them, they definitely are enjoying a natural habitat 😊

Alpacas Protecting 24,000 Christmas turkeys

Twitchers have flocked to Derbyshire after a very rare Asian Dusky Thrush was spotted the other day. The little bird looks rather lovely despite its name sounding like an exotic sexually transmitted disease 😮😁


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Found this beauty near the back door, black one side, the other half is that stunning blue 😊

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Researchers at two universities have been teaching pigeons Both to read And recognise fake words of 4 letters. This is Bloody amazing!
Pigeons getting ebooks next....!

Just a smattering of random animals in the News stories that have caught my attention recently.

Goat who believes he's a dog
Hobo the African Pigmy Goat thinks he's a dog. Great BBC News video report of this handsome chap who prefers hanging out with dogs to goats. He begs, greets strangers, wags his tail - he's one happily mixed up dude :-)

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*sigh* the British are eccentric... The University of Bath has given a library card to an owl!
"An owl which is used to deter seagulls from nesting at the University of Bath has been given a library card in recognition of his "valuable service".
Yoda the Eagle Owl visits the campus twice a week with his handler, Marcus, as an environmentally ( Read more... )

I never knew this, I love Puffins, they're such fascinating beautiful birds. Iconic too, of sea birds for me I think of sea gull for town seaside but the puffin summarises the country costal scene. I remember watching & hearing them at nesting time over at Northumberland I think it was years ago. Presumably Farne Islands area. Can't believe they're ( Read more... )