I feel I should perhaps explain why my artwork has gradually come to a grinding halt. As mentioned in my Bio, I cared for my parents for 10yrs and eventually got back into the swing of things. It was great to be back in my studio. Sadly though, since 2018 my...
I attended a group bat walk last p.m without my lovely fella. We've always done batty stuff together, so it felt very strange leaving him at home. An interesting p.m though, with lovely scenery, and nice folk, and we recorded 7 different bat species. Driving home, I...
Photo of Pickle a week after his rescue; he was now eating but still underweight and looking thin. I learned last night that Pickle, my rescued pipistrelle bat, had initially been found on the ground on his back, with his wings open. Unsure if it was a dead leaf, the...
No matter how many times I see, Blue, parading around outside, this view always stops me dead in my tracks. Even when he's toodling about with his tail feathers down; he's still breathtakingly beautiful.
Super bluebell woodland walks on our doorstep over a few days. Woodcock, brown hare sighting and the birds were singing. Beautiful. We've had extreme cold and/or wet days and nights, but thankfully it seems to have improved over the past few days. I've finally been...
It's May! As the weather gets warmer pregnant female bats gather together in warm, safe places to have their babies. These roosts are called maternity roosts. Some groups of bats return to the same site every year. Most bats will have a single baby, called a...
https://youtube.com/shorts/9wxiq_XHegE?feature=share Years ago we planted a meadow patch in the garden and later included a small area for a variety of wild grasses. Both looked great and worked extremely well. Last year we decided to give the whole garden to...
An unhappy little Pickle. He is very subdued...doesn't move, but am pleased to say with encouragement he is now accepting rehydration fluids. Pickle was seen three days earlier and spent a few nights under a wheelie bin, before being kindly delivered to me. The...
Today's bat was either a Ralph or a Lauren. Transpires we have a Ralph…another BLE. He was seen pitched on a wall behind a lit water feature last night and was still there this morning. If he had dropped he would’ve fallen a metre into the water and been unable to get...
April 9th On the way home tonight after a successful Sydney Pip. bat release, Brian said: ‘How long do you think it will be before you get another one?’ ‘How long will you be bat free?’ 9 p.m Just curled up, munching on cheese and biscuits and my phone pinged. Bat...