Bird, wildlife and flower log, 7-13 October 2013

A rose which Steve cut back a couple of months ago is doing really well. It had needed a real cut back for a while and now it is out in flower again and has lots of new buds on it! I was going to take a photo today but the weather isn't that great for photographs, I wonder if it will stop raining at all today...

So a scrapbook layout today instead of a photo. This kit was created by Gill, Seaside Crafter, for a Daisytrail challenge and is fantastic, it is called Wild Autumn. The photo is one I took a few weeks ago.

Wild Autumn at The Brambles © 2013 Natasha Forder

Mr Black has been round with his youngster, but I've only seem them a couple of times this week. Again lots of chaffinches and greenfinches. Although I've not noted a youngster crow, I think there has been one. We now seem to regularly have family crow visit. I think there are two adults and one youngster. The thing that strikes me about them is how large they are! They are also quite skitty and fly off at any movement. Luckily I haven't seen them eating any other little birds. A few years ago my parents saw two crows pulling apart a robin. This is something I hope I won't witness in the garden.

Birds	Wildlife and Insects	Flowers
Blackbird - male, juvenile	Grey squirrels	Lobelia x speciosa fan salmon
Great spotted woodpecker - female	Snail	Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Chaffinch, male, female	Slug	Coreopsis grandiflora rising
Greenfinch - male, female	Peacock butterfly	Coreopsis sunray
Blue tit - adult		Gaillardia sunburst yellow
Great tit - adult		Sedum
Dunnock - adult		Begonia
Robin - adult		Sunflower
Jay - adult		Aster
Magpie - adult		Rose
Crow - adult
Nuthatch - adult
Woodpigeon - adult, juvenile
Collared dove - adult
Coal tit - adult