I have a few photos for you to see, some are good (if I say so myself), some are a little bit gruesome, some will make you go awww and some might make you think wow.
So let's begin...
In Scotland they had
Very Cheeky Coos
Very Very Cheeky Coos.
However, in my brothers garden, we spotted a very cute badger.
A Badger in the garden at The Rural Retreat.
Back home we discovered a feeding frenzy going on in the garden.
Robin was busy collecting food for the chicks ( which we haven't seen yet)! He flew down to the table, landed gently on the box of mealworms, then grabbed a beakful and away he flew.
Robins landing on the box of mealworms.
Then across the garden, I spotted the Sparrows, both the male and the females were busy feeding the young.
The Male Sparrow feeding one of the young
The Female Sparrow feeding another.
It didn't end there for all of a sudden a great hullabaloo could be heard in the garden as the Starling flew down from the rooftops and trees.
Young Starlings being fed all over the garden.
From time to time we get unexpected things in our garden. We had a Green Parakeet a couple of years ago, a Pheasant unusual for where we live, this time Tony looked out of the window and shouted: "quick come and look at this".
Three Mallards in the garden.
One female and two males were sitting in the garden looking perfectly happy as if it was the place you would expect to find them. Every so often they would have a wander about eat some seed off the floor then settle down again before suddenly disappearing again.
This happened over the next couple of days, we never saw them come and we never saw them go. Tony put out a wheel cover so there was more water for them so he was very pleased when he looked outside and saw this...
Drake goes for a swim.
Well, it was more of a paddle really, it wasn't big enough for a proper swim. Tony was really pleased that one of the ducks had used his pond!
The next time I spotted the ducks I was in the shed, they were on the top of a roof on one of the houses behind the school.
Upon the roof.
Talking of upon the roof the school has still been having children climbing on the roof and wall at the bottom of the garden. I phoned the police one day because I was worried for the boy up there. He was jumping about like a gazelle, none of the staff were watching him or even anywhere near in case he fell. The police came out very quickly I don't think the school was very happy that they had been called. We have had a little bit of success with the school the fence along the wall at the bottom of the garden has been extended to 10 feet. This makes me feel a bit safer when I am in the garden, there is less chance of abuse from the children now.
It's that time of year again when Gypsies travel for miles around to take part in the biggest and best horse fair in the world. Appleby in Westmoreland is simply taken over by this every year on the first Thursday in June, the busiest days, of course, are the Saturday and Sunday.
Gypsies on the road to Appleby.
Bow Top Caravans camping on the way to Appleby.
I have never been to the horse fair, I like to go and try to get pictures as the Gypsies travel to and from the fair. I could not stand the thought of being in the middle of all those thousands of people that flock there every year.
We had a ride to Grange Over Sands while we were over that way. Tony likes a pie shop there (although not as much now the prices have increased). We always like to have a walk around the pond in the gardens because there is always something unusual on it, or cute.
A Bar Headed Gosling.
This is cute.
Bar Headed Geese with Gosling.
Mallard Duck with ducklings.
This is cute too.
The next pictures are gruesome you have been warned.
Every so often we get a Sparrow Hawk in the garden, it often leaves without catching anything.
On this visit, however,
The Sparrow Hawk caught a Male Sparrow.
The Sparrow Hawk sat on the fence and ate it.
The Sparrow Hawk made a meal of it.
The Sparrow Hawk did not leave until he had eaten all the Sparrow.
I thought they might be so here's a picture of Biscuit to make you feel better.
Lynsey's cat Biscuit.
He doesn't like to leave her side for long even when she is in the bathroom!
Until the next time...
