Rain, rain and lots more rain

Monday 8 November 2010

Cherry tree has one remaining leaf which I have been watching for most of the day.  Bet it will fall during the night and I'll miss it!

Coal Tits

Sunday 7 November 2010

Guided walk at Ewelme this morning.  Only 8 visitors but they all seemed to enjoy it.  As well as the regular Coal Tit/s in the garden one showed up on the feeder at Ewelme this morning.  Quite an unusual sighting at the Watercress beds.

Garden sightings

Friday 5 November 2010

Weather and painful hip (too much gardening) prevented Ewelme trip but some good birds in the garden including 2 Coal Tits and a Goldfinch.

Wallingford Green Gym

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Wallingford GG working at the Watercress Beds this morning - clearing nettles and weeds from around shrubs.  Exceedingly good cake!

Birds and Fungi

Beautiful sunny day for counting the birds at Ewelme.  Unfortunately they were not really cooperating.  Best of the 20 species seen was a male Bullfinch and two Mistle Thrushes.  The fungi growing on the stump of a walnut tree proved to be a Velvet Shank, or so I'm told by an expert on ISpot.

Moth in conservatory

30th October 2010

Discovered this Silver Y flying round the conservatory at lunch time.

Autumn Activity morning at Ewelme

An excellent morning building a "bug hotel" and making some fat balls with the children.  Unfortunately not as well attended as in the past but all that came seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.