Tiny baby wren who came into the house

This year we have had every kind of babies: baby ducks, rabbits, blackbirds, wagtails, bluetits, chaffinches, tree creepers, pheasants, the sparrow hawk and now a baby wren.

Wren's are already tiny birds, but this baby is very tiny - little bigger than my thumb.

He came into the house, then flitted to every corner to hide.



Eventually, I managed to catch him in a napkin in the fire place.

I held him carefully and took him outside.

As soon as I opened my hands he flew off into the field.



Lovely.

Reading Ayman and Rowan's book in the hammock

Sparrow Hawk chick - beautiful and sad story

I was so happy to see this beautiful sparrow hawk chick come to sit outside my window.
The mother came back to feed the chick and they cried out to oneanother.



I was so sorry a few days later to find the lifeless chick in the field above the house.
Every feather was so perfect and so new.
Seems so sad. All the care and feeding that has gone into growing this beautiful creature.


The next day on my run, I watched as the mother searched the fields, crying out for her chick and listening for a reply.
I hope she tries again next year. It was a priviledge to have the company of the chick even if briefly.

Reminds me how precious and fragile life is.

A frog in the hand...

I'm very happy to see frogs of all ages. The lawn is full of this years hatchlings who are tiny, but perfectly formed.

This one must be one two years old I guess.

Cows smell the grass and come for a summer snack

The white calf of last year is now a fine cow

Here she is in the evening sun light of July 20th.

And here she is last December:

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July Garden

Grass in flower.


Wild mint, lillies and bullrushes.


Bullocks coming to see what is happening...

July gardenning

Mowing the lawns.


Vegetables from the polytunnel.


Unfolding rose.