Not rare for many of you but we reckon it is 5 or 6 years since we have seen a Blackcap on our feeders.

Spotted one this heavily frosted morning making the most it could from the fatballs

Awww OH, now you have shattered my illusions,
just like she thought the parcel contents were

Its nice that she cared enough to do that Geoff.

Brilliant,

I just knew somebody would be able to come up with something. First job in morning is to retrieve the dozen jars I put in our recycling bin earlier tonight

Grateful Thanks

Tues 30th Dec Like many people we try to recycle useful items and are forever building up our stock of jars with lids ready for the new seasons marmalade / jam / preserve making sessions My issue is with companies who use label adhesives that are almost impossible to remove. The label part comes off...

with OH.

Robo has perhaps inadvertently used a Nordic spell check.
Wonder if he has checked his swedes lately

There is only one bird I resent feeding, the damn Heron.
Its a pain to cover the pond but the damn thing sat on a rooftop watching me, almost as if it was trying to work out how it could beat me, as I laid out copious amounts of netting

Primrose, I guess that depends on the variety and age of the seeds. This year most of ours will be freshly purchased as we had far too many that failed to germinate properly. Amazingly we struggled to get even lettuce of various types to grow. Had a good sort through and throw out on basis of not wi...

I'd sow some of he packet at least MW, comparison test.

One absolutely useless thing sprang into my mind though, why isn't there a variety of shallot named Jimmy Wheeler

(have to be over a certain age to understand that one )

Huh! I'm surprised they don't make blokes with special hose-lock fittings Know how you all love a good gadget!

Of course the snag with that is that being the internet hose lock type fittings would never be big enough

Dec 26th Todays issue was going to be should I bake and fill a Victoria sponge cake with buttercream or whipped fresh cream and jam. I say was because the sponge cake turned out a disaster, my first attempt and it's supposed to be easy . The issue now is shall I attempt another or persuade Ma Snip t...

Nothing unexpected for us this year but when it has happened in the past the crop has always seemed to taste just that much better for being unexpected.

they also come with a little length of tube so you can have an extension

I'm guessing it would be on the Central line, but puts a completely different complexion upon 'Mind The Gap'

I'm so glad us males don't have such issues to contend with

Our Niger feeders attract around 30 to 40 goldfinches at a time, at this time of year we occasionally spot one or two redpolls or siskins amongst them. Over the last five years we noticed an absence of sparrows, this year we are pleased to see they are back in numbers. Conversely the number of Starl...

I'm just a bit older than you Peter and my science fiction included things like Fireball XL5 and 'IT' was something you couldn't wait to try with a 'fitbit' in the 60's. Smartphones are far too technical for me, my mobile only does what phones were made to do.... make and receive phone calls and tha...