I think this picture says it all.
I don't think your grass is greener @jjraak
But I do need to have those allocated 5 miles distance I can travel to obtain my essential food supplies. For me and cat. This is where I shopped before in England, before lockdown. They were much easier shops to shop in for a disabled person on a mobility scooter, than those near me in Wales.
The Welsh government site now says, if you live by the border to England, then you may drive those 5 miles into England for essential supplies (but not the other English shops). But it also says that is your limit of driving. You may not drive any further because you are still bound by Welsh rules even though you are in England. There is actually a circular map showing how far I may drive into England. It looks more than 5 miles to me. But I only want and need to go to this retail park. I have no desire to travel any further into England at this current time, nor in the near future.
I would first have guessed dunnock, we have one who visits, just the one. Perhaps some sort of Warbler or woodlark ? Only a guess.I didn’t get done as much as I wanted. I was watching the birds in my garden. The second brood of blackbirds have left, and now it is looking like maybe a third lot of blackbirds.
But I have another bird I have never seen before. It is a small bird. I know what it is not. It is not a sparrow, dunnock, wren, or greenfinch or any of the other popular small birds. It is often on the ground by my cane screening which hides some garden shelves behind it. There are containers with plants in front of the cane screening. And if I or Popeye disturb it, it flies at us making a heck of a racket with its wings. It can fly and it flies over the bungalow.
Early morning when I’m sitting in my bed I can see it fly from its same spot on the ground, in front of the cane screening, and again it flies over my bungalow. I have only seen one of this bird at a time. I am half suspicious that it might have a nest presumably near the ground behind the cane screening.
Since Popeye was attacked by the feral cat I’ve not let him out in the garden on his own, but I will allow him to walk around the garden for a bit as long as I’m there. Popeye is very interested in getting behind that cane screening but I initially fixed it quite well and a cat can’t get behind it. Tonight Popeye was yowling as though to say ‘prey’.
This little bird has been there for at least a few weeks now.
I have been looking at bird pictures and the nearest I can come to it is a woodlark. It’s not a skylark. I have had skylarks dive bomb me as I was walking across a field.
This little bird waits until we are almost upon it (neither I nor Popeye see it there on the ground), and when we get to less than a metre from it, the bird flies between us beating its wings furiously at us. And it startles both of us.
Any ideas?
Thanks @dunelmI would first have guessed dunnock, we have one who visits, just the one. Perhaps some sort of Warbler or woodlark ? Only a guess.
Winner for the Fbg - wonder when the land of milk and honey illusion will fade - can’t last long as we are all going to just get on with it, at speed, and so very cost efficiently.Happy July 1st. So yesterday brought the promise of a chicken in every pot and 2 cars in every garage coupled with bigger and better Lincoln Tunnels, Hoover Dams and all for £100 a head. Can you buy a decent light fitting for £100? Fbg via Libre 4.4. Last day of this sensor so may be wrongly low BUT I don't have it in me to handle managing this condition any other way. However, assuming my now great age has shrunk me a tad I can't be carrying 11 stone 12 (75.3 kgs) around for long. @Muddy Cyclist interesting observation from your relative in New Zealand but Hodit and his puppet master have concluded they have escaped any consequences of their actions and are free to do and say whatever they want for another 4.5 years. Enjoy your foraging.
There are six more today, yesterday made and froze: Herb roasted courgette batons, Tuna and courgette fritters, gave three away, and still have no less than I started with.Courgettes are definitely a cold climate vegetable, they are breeding in the fridge.View attachment 42434
They are definitely breeding like rabbits for you @SlimLizzyThere are six more today, yesterday made and froze: Herb roasted courgette batons, Tuna and courgette fritters, gave three away, and still have no less than I started with.View attachment 42444View attachment 42445
Looks great.There are six more today, yesterday made and froze: Herb roasted courgette batons, Tuna and courgette fritters, gave three away, and still have no less than I started with.View attachment 42444View attachment 42445
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