We have not been able to get out much over the last few weeks so today decided that we would spend a couple of hours enjoying the Garden. It is not a huge garden, but we are lucky enough to have a few small trees and bushes. We also have a small congregation of Starlings and Sparrows that visit us each day for their dinners. Here we can see a little Female House Sparrow patiently waiting for us to top up the peanut feeder
But she was beaten to it by her husband who swooped down to munch on them as soon as we had finished topping it up. The Sparrows like their peanuts and they empty this feeder within a week.
At the back of the garden hanging on the potting shed is another peanut feeder. This one is very popular with the starlings as it is easier for them to get a good foothold and there is often several of them squabbling over the peanuts
Sometimes the feeder becomes so popular that a queue begins to develop along the fence nearby as the Starlings wait for a gap on the feeder so that they can flutter over and enjoy the nuts.
We have a small crab apple tree in the garden that produces pounds and pounds of apples each year that has been used for both delicious apple pies and on one occasion some potent apple cider.. The tree is also host to several more bird feeders containing mixed seeds and kernels. For some reason, the front feeder is the most popular one and always boasts a good collection of Sparrows and Starlings enjoying the seeds. In this picture you can also see one of the lamps that we light when sitting outside during the evenings.
When sitting outside, we also like to light the Chimnea if the evenings become a bit chilly. We can then warm ourselves by the fires cosy glow whilst the ladies enjoy a glass or two of fine wines, whilst we quench our thirsts with a generous tankard or two of ale.
Although there is a chill to the air, the days are still sunny and warm enough for the flowers to lift their heads and open out their pretty petals to show of their lovely pastel colours, made even more vibrant by the low golden sunlight. They look so nice that we just had to show you a selection to enjoy.
We hope that you enjoyed our Garden. More pictures can bee seen in our Galleries at
www.voinapics.co.uk
Steve & Mick
3 comments:
I am reading for a while now in your interesting blog, now I dare to post a comment, as my english is not the best...
You´re starting early with feeding the birds, I only start doing so when winter is really present.
Are the starlings staying all year in England? The ones in our area are all gone.
Hi Sisah,
I am glad that you are enjoying our blog and thank you for your comment. Yes you are correct, it is a bit early for feeding the birds, but we keep some seeds out for them all year round to tempt them into to our Garden, so they are well looked after.
We do have some starlings that are resident in the UK, but a lot of them fly off to Europe for the summer and come back to the UK for the winter. I hardly saw any starlings at all during the summer but there is a flock of them now visiting our garden, so maybe that is where all of your Starlings have gone, they are over here : -)
I hope yoou continue to enjoy the blogs
Warm Regards
Steve Voina.
So nice of you to visit my blog. You have a lot of beautiful pictures here in your blog : )
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