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Birds and Flowers in the Garden

The beautiful Longtail Tits are back! They are my all time favourite bird but they don’t often stay still long enough for a photo. They have joined all the others we have feeding in our garden, the “charm’ of Goldfinches, the Blue Tits , Coal Tits and Great Tits, the Pigeons and Black Caps, the Robins and Bullfinches, the Blackbirds and Magpies but today’s other rare treat was the Woodpecker who did stay long enough for a photo.

From August 2013

We’ve been tidying up in the garden today. It’s good to see Spring flowers appearing.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 8, 2025 in Cornwall, environment, nature, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: charm of goldfinches, Great Spotted Woodpecker, longtail tits

Bird Watching, Pancake Day and Crêpes Suzettes

09 Feb

There has been a great deal of bird activity in the garden today though they flew away into the trees each time there was a hail shower. There were Goldfinches, Green Finches; a Robin; Blue Tits and Great Tits; Long Tail Tits and just one Nut-hatch. The day of The Big Bird Watch there wasn’t a bird in sight! Click on any photo to see the birds more clearly.

It’s Pancake Day and we started with Savoury Pancakes stuffed with turkey in a tasty peppery sauce. Later this evening we will have our Crêpes Suzettes which we love!

Stuffed Pancakes

Crepes Suzettes

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 9, 2016 in Beauty, birds, Food, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016

Tags: goldfinches, greenfinches, longtail tits, Pancake Day

Coffee Cup, Feather and Magpie

13 Mar

1 Having my cup of coffee this morning I realised that our kitchen light was reflected beautifully in the black coffee. I had to let it cool down before I could take the photo as it kept steaming up!

Kitchen light

2 I took so many photos of Redruth this morning for another “My Neighbourhood” post to be done tomorrow. On my way back up the hill I spotted this tiny feather being blown back and forth in the breeze.

Feather caught on a rose thorn

3 We’ve had the Long-tail Tits here again today but they don’t hang around to have their pictures taken – neither do the Magpies. They are very skittish and leave if there is any movement in the house. I stayed put in the kitchen, used maximum zoom and managed to get this shot.

Magpie at the feeder

This last is for Liz, as promised. I am trying to entice her to visit Heligan!

The Heligan Giant

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 13, 2013 in books, children's, nature, photography, picture story books, Postaday2013, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Uncategorized

Tags: coffee, feather, longtail tits, magpie, photography, Postaday, postaday 2013, reflections, The Heligan Giant

Birdwatching, Pastry and Baklava

07 Jan

1 It’s been a busy day at the bird feeders today. We’ve had a pair of chaffinches, the goldcrest, lots of goldfinches, blue-tits, coal-tits, the longtail tit family and great tits as well as the robins, our blackbird pair and some dunnocks all feasting away.

2 We had some pastry leftover at Christmas and wondered if the birds might like it. We rolled it out and rolled lots of seeds into it. It took them a while to decide that it was okay and today they’ve finished it so I’ve made them a special batch with sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds which they are eating with gusto.

3 I discovered a box of Baklava in the larder that were missed over Christmas. Mr S and I have been the ones enjoying them!