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Sunday 27 June 2021

27/06/2021 Still trying to catch up!!

We did not have many cherries this year, but what we did have, many were knocked to the ground in the high winds.  The birds thought they had a special treat! 
Young blackbird (Turdus merula)...

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Great spotted woodpecker, male (Dendrocopos major)...

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Travelling a bit further afield to La Rochefoucauld and the Tardore river, we saw this Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea).

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These geese were also having fun in the Tardoire...

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See also my Photodairy with lots of flowers and insects.

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Monday 21 June 2021

21/06/2021 Trying to catch up!!!!!

House sparrows (Passer domesticus), hungry youngsters...

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Meanwhile, a young blackbird (Turdus merula) is experimenting with a very small bath which is/was a soapstone carved ashtray...

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The blackbirds have been behaving like naughty children this year.  They got into the greenhouse and dug out all my seedlings looking for worms!!!


See also my Photodairy with lots of flowers and insects.

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