OneGuyFromBarlick

...and I bet you could make a better quality one for your self.

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I know people say they are only pigeons, but I really like their different coloured markings and jewel coloured neckbands.
We have lots of them around here. In the last few days, they have discovered the rough patch I keep for all the birds. They all love it.

Morning Cathy!

There's a rare bird (for this time of year) spotted on the lower Res at Foulridge.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9kpkzwe2o

I didn't see it on my walk around the reservoir yesterday, but I did see a number of twitchers in camouflage with huge cameras. I spoke to a nice chap, uncamouflaged but carrying a camera, who thought the twitchers were driving the hoopoe away as they were very obviously walking on the shore shouting to each other and waving their arms around.

Twitching is a strange compulsion isn't it. The important thing is that the bird was there!

This cuttlefish posed for my camera at Ilfracombe aquarium...

Good pic Peter!

We had a fox in the front garden a few days ago.

It looks to be in good nick Mick! Do you feed them?

No, I just make sure there's water left out as it's been so dry. We get various visitors

When deer come for a drink they sure empty those bowls heh

Good Lad Mick!
You're following a very old tradition providing water for the animals. Archaeologists suspect that improving water supplies and maintaining them so that animals came to drink and therefore could be caught/killed for food was how humans first started to gather in permanent settlements......

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Nice to see a couple of local ducks early this morning, going for a waddle in my court.
They don’t often come this far. The duck pond is a 5 minute walk away.

How nice to see some sunshine Cathy, we are short of that at the moment!

That pic was taken at about 7.30am this morning.
They tell us to expect our temp to be between 31C and 35C tomorrow

The 13C we will get yesterday and today is described as 'mild for the time of year' Cathy.

My great grandson Alex and friends at Lake Brocken, south of Perth......, yesterday.

Buy him a hat for Christmas!

That thought occurred to me as well!

When walking through the town park last week we saw a squirrel chase a rat. The rat got away because it was faster but the squirrel jumped onto a tree trunk and screeched at it. I'm sure it was saying `and don't come back!!!'

That was a good sighting! Yes, squirrels can be aggressive little sods! You surprise me by saying the squirrel was slower than the rat....

Possibly the squirrel was more intent on warning its mates than having a Mexican stand-off with the rat!

I think you must be right Peter. They can certainly move fast if they want to!

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What am I doing?? Haha
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I’m trying to coax a Gecko out from under my Sofa.
Probably won’t work, I think it has found its way inside to get away from our HeatWave. Bless.
But there’s nothing for it to eat under my sofa.
Might find him in my shower in the morning.
Wish me and the Gecko luck.