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Big Garden Birdwatch

This weekend is the Big Garden Birdwatch where people all over the country spend an hour watching the birds in their garden or in a nearby park over three days 26-28th January. We then count the maximum number of each species seen at any one time. It was extremely windy today and we didn’t see as many birds as usual so I will find some time tomorrow and send the better count in. We did see some Chaffinches sitting on the Kalette plants, one Robin ground feeding, and 11 Goldfinches all at once at the feeders!

Female Chaffinch

Two Female Chaffinches

Robin picking up seeds that have fallen from the feeders

Greenfinches

Goldfinch

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 27, 2019 in Beauty, birds, environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday 2019

Tags: Female Chaffinch, goldfinches, robin

Garden Birds in Cold Cornwall

17 Mar

A bitter Easterly wind is battering us all again with snow already up-country and coming our way, in the far South West, tomorrow. The bird feeders have been very busy as if the birds know what’s coming and are stockpiling the food. We had to refill a second time today.

There were Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Blue Tits and Great Tits, Sparrows, Dunnocks and Pigeons, Blackbirds and Rooks as well as the ones I managed to catch on camera, shown below. It’s a pity it wasn’t the RSPB Great Bird Watch today!

Baby Bullfinch, all fluffed up against the cold

Magpie

Male Chaffinch

Robin coming for the meal-worms

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 17, 2018 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, garden, nature, Photography, Postaday2018

Tags: Bullfinch, Chaffinch, magpie, robin

Misty Walk Amid Beauty

11 Dec

Now and then the sun crept out through the mist which lay in the valleys on our way to Trelissick and covered the water completely as we started our stroll. Join us on this beautiful walk and imagine the peace. Click on any photo for the caption and an enlargement.

Mist in the valley towards Perranwell Station

Looking out to The Carrick Roads – no water visible

Camellia

Camellia bud

Sunbeams through the trees

Spider’s web covered in mist-drops

White Camellia

Pink Camellia

A very friendly Robin

Jungly mists looking down to the river

We could hear the King Harry Ferry but only catch a glimpse of blue through the mist

Fabulous leaf

The mist clearing across to Channals Creek and out to The Carrick Roads

This post is for S, whose birthday is today and for V whose birthday is tomorrow because both of them love this place and are both too far away.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 11, 2016 in Beauty, Cornwall, environment, nature, Photography, Postaday 2016, Trelissick Gardens

Tags: camellia, robin

Bird Watching, Visitors and Singing

19 Jan

1. I sat in the sun room this morning watching the garden birds coming in to feed, nothing unusual but a simple delight nonetheless .

2. Friends whom I have known since we were children came to call this morning and how lovely it was to catch up.
3. Such a lovely phone call this evening – from my other choir, The Inglehearts – singing down the phone to me and sending their love. Thank you all so much. It shouldn’t be too long before I can join you all for part of the session.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 19, 2015 in Beauty, environment, nature, photography, Postaday 2015

Tags: pied wagtail, pigeon, robin

Pied Wagtail, Seals and A Robin

30 Nov

All today’s beautiful things come from our walk around Godrevy this morning, at first in bright sunshine and then in grey clould, hence the difference in the colour of the water! Join us on our walk and click on any photo for more detail. It was the first time we had seen seals frolicking in the waters before the island is reached. The usual crowd were on their beach on the far side.

Godrevy Lighthouse

Pied Wagtail

Seals playing about in the water

Looking straight at me

Posing Robin with the wind ruffling his feathers

Big seal

A pair of seals

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 30, 2014 in Beauty, birds, Cornwall, environment, Godrevy, nature, photography, Postaday 2014, Sea

Tags: Godrevy Lighthouse, Grey Wagtail, robin, seals

Swimming, Gorse and Robin

09 Jan

1 Swimming in the sea in January! Not us but a woman and a dog! We watched them from the Gylly Cafe as we were indoors having a lovely lunch.

2 A short walk along the coast from Gyllyngvase to Swanpool and a surprising number of flowers including this gorse and a web, all covered in mist-droplets. Click on any photo to see the detail.

3 A Robin has been investigating the pastry bird-seed cake which I put out yesterday.

Woman and dog swimming off Gyllyngvase Beach

Gorse, web and Cornish mist droplets

Robin at the pastry bird-seed cake

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on January 9, 2013 in birds, Cornwall, environment, flowers, garden, nature, photography, Postaday2013, Uncategorized

Tags: Gylly Cafe, Gyllyngvase, Gyllyngvase Beach, Postaday, postaday2013, robin, Swanpool, swimming, winter swimming

Update, Garden Colour and Mocha Crispies

08 Jan

1 I’ve updated my About Me page today. That was a pleasing job done.

2 Our first yellow crocuses have appeared and next-door’s Camellias are just gorgeous and hanging over the wall into our garden.

: First yellow crocuses 7/1/2012

: Sue and Bill’s Camellias

: Robin at the seedy pastry

3 Mocha Crispies all made (Mum’s recipe which I found in one of her handwritten books last December 15th.) I’ve made mocha cream for half of them and coffee cream for the others as Sue, from choir, who enjoys my baking, can’t eat chocolate and I’ll be taking her some on Thursday when we meet to sing at Miss Peapod’s.