Bird, wildlife and flower log, 19-25 August 2013

Although it is quieter for squirrels at the moment there are still a few visits. Either to dig up the garden or take on the challenge of a bird feeder! This one is situated on a wire across part of the garden and up until now I didn't think it had been squirreled! But ah, I was wrong!!! I caught squirrel knackered leg on it this week. In this photo you can see the broken back left leg. It is amazing how they move along the wire, commando style!

Squirrel © 2013 Natasha Forder

Monday morning I found Leo the cat in the garden, twice, and I escorted him home twice too.  Only to find out he didn't stay home long. All the birds in the trees at the front were giving warning calls. He's lovely but a nightmare around birds and squirrels. He's also molting at the moment and looks half the size and I am sure I ended up with half of his fur on my trousers!

Tuesday morning whilst out feeding the birds I found myself really close to one of the young blackbirds.  I'd already put down their food and was filling up a seed feeder when I saw it a couple of feet away!  I stayed very still and watched it as it ate and then came even closer for a drink :)

The young woodpeckers are still distinguishable but only just about as their red heads are slowly disappearing. They are still visiting lots and still eating lots of fat block.

Birds	Wildlife and Insects	Flowers
Blackbird – male, female, juvenile	Grey squirrels	African daisy
Great spotted woodpecker - male, female, juvenile	Snail	Rose
Chaffinch - male, female	Slug	Lavender
Greenfinch - male, female, juvenile	Backswimmer	Large Daisy
Blue tit - adult, juvenile	Bees - various	Dahlia
Great tit - adult, juvenile	Large white butterfly	Hostas
Dunnock - adult, juvenile	Small white butterfly	Birdsfoot trefoil
Robin - adult, juvenile		Hemerocallis
Jay - adult, juvenile		Cats Ear
Magpie - adult		Oregano
Crow - adult		Marjoram
Nuthatch - adult		Thyme
Woodpigeon - adult, juvenile		Montbretia
Collared dove - adult		Ragwort
Goldfinch		Gaura cherry brandy
		Gaura lindheimeri belleza
		Penstemon pensham czar
		Lobelia x speciosa fan salmon
		Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
		Coreopsis grandiflora rising
		Coreopsis sunray
		Gaillardia sunburst yellow