docsquid Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Love the one of the blue tit. will you still be filming when they are raising a family it would be like Omlet springwatch without Bill oddy I hope to get some photos of the ones in the garden. They are in the process of modifying the nest box to suit their requirements (principally by pecking at the entrance hole). We haven't got a nest-cam this year, but hope to in future. There are a further 31 nest boxes at the wildlife site, so I hope to get some pictures of the blue tits there as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Can't wait docsquid, could you hurry them along please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Lovely photos docsquid, love the one of the Nuthatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Love the nuthatch too - we only had them a couple of times - not seen them for a few years, although my mum loves telling me that they visit her a lot (she's much closer to the woods). Beautiful pics and a smashing camera - by the time we click the birds move, so often just get blurs of wildlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 I found this on my lawn today - no idea where it came from as it is quite on its own Snapped with my camera phone shortly before the dog came & stamped on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Wow lovely photos! Very very jealous of your camera Docsquid!! I've just found a big bag of crocus bulbs I bought & forgot to plant. Most have large shoots coming from them. Is it too late to plant them out? Is there any way I could rescue them & see pretty flowers? What a dim wit I am. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Great photos I know they're awful camera phone photos that can't compare to most on here but they could get away with being about Spring - the quacks last week: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Oooh I don't know - these latest piccies came out a treat. Craftyhunnypie I'd pop the crocus bulbs in the ground, cover them and give a dressing of bone meal or seaweed meal to perk them up - nothing ventured nothing gained. You might not get flowers, but who knows? Probably better if they don't flower so any goodness can go back into the bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Lewis - I love your quackers - they really seem to be enjoying the sunshine. A few more piccies from yesterday... Two little blue-tits queueing up to get onto the feeder One blue-tit gets his chance at the feeder A male chaffinch with his crest feathers blowing in the wind A mauve crocus in the spring sunshine Yellow crocuses in the sunshine Makes me feel like it is spring, at any rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Beautiful. What camera do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Lovely photos again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 A few pictures from my front garden this morning First butterfly, a real bonus I only went to take a photo of my viburnum I didn't dare get too close incase it flew away. One of my lovely helibores Some dwarf irises in a planter outside my front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) The Winter aconite comes the same time as the snowdrops. The Hazel catkins have been wiggling on the trees all winter but it is not till the female flowers appear in the spring that the tight shut scales open to dust their pollen to the wind. The female flowers are on the same branch closer in to the main trunk. You can see one here , tiny and red. It's amazing that the tree can synchronise this. There are other catkins on the same tree where the female flowers are still in bud so the catkins remain tightly shut. Now how does a plant do that? The Celandines come to carpet the woodland floor when spring is really on her way Edited March 15, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 A few pictures from my front garden this morning First butterfly, a real bonus I only went to take a photo of my viburnum I didn't dare get too close incase it flew away. Doesn't the viburnum smell delicious And lovely butterfly in the sun, it's a tortoiseshell I haven't seen any butterflies or bumbles even though it's been warmish and sunny. There has been the odd moth battering the windows in the evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Ooh, a butterfly! How lovely. Those are lovely photos. The hazel catkins photo is really beautiful, and the celandine is such a pretty flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Lovely photos everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 My brother took this this weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I am feeling so positive now that we have all these signs of spring. The butterfly was a lovely surprise to buc up a Monday morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I have to say that it felt so good yesterday sitting outside at the coast eating fish and chips with a blue sky it really was so wonderful. It just makes you feel so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I love this time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Yay a honey bee. Lovely pics, people. I've seen some flies sunbathing on the bathroom window (outside - they wouldn't be there long indoors) - not quite the same is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 wow what lovely photos. I had a bumble bee in the garden yesterday, haven't seen any butterflies yet though. Here's Oliver enjoying the sunshine with Bubble & Mash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 That is a lovely photo - it really says "Spring" to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 The girls are nearly as big as Oliver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 How beautiful. Dogs, who would have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
