I tried out my new Bank vole set today for the second time and photographed them on some wild cherry blossom which they tuck to quite easily even eating the leaves and giving themselves a brush up. I am now […]
I tried out my new Bank vole set today for the second time and photographed them on some wild cherry blossom which they tuck to quite easily even eating the leaves and giving themselves a brush up. I am now […]
I had a late start today and didn’t arrive a the wood until 9.45 as I had other commitments but I had in mind a couple of hours trying to coax birds onto a Wild cherry blossom perch. I found […]
I bought a 500ml lens years ago in the days when I had some money, but since buying my wood have not used it. My set ups are quite close and usually mange with my 300ml and a 50% crop […]
I felled 1 large larch which was enough to make 17 birds boxes and both the water features so not a bad trade. Planks cut to 1500mm which is enough to make one box with a bit spare. Here I […]
After watering the new trees and plants ( 2 hours) I spent the morning trying to get some bird photos with bluebells in the background, I pre baited with with some seed and waited. I managed a few shots but […]
After finished building the last hide (for now anyway) I took a break to photograph some birds on the newly emerging wild cherry trees around the wood. First I found a couple of suitable cherry perches and got to work. […]
With the storm we had a few weeks ago taking down 5 of my larch trees I decided to make a new hide with the wood. This will be my final hide as I now feel I have light in […]
With the weather staying nice for the morning I decided I would dust off my camera and have another go at the Siskin before they depart. The storm we had in the week had torn branches of a nearby oak […]
After finishing the Siskin hide I felled another larch tree with the intention of making more planks to make some sort of potting tables for the poly tunnel. Here is me cutting the planks with the chainsaw mill. I knew […]