It suddenly got busy around here on the catering front. I was preparing homemade rice pud for my other half, and feeding the chooks, and then heard a familiar squawk. I was delighted and relieved! I’ve not heard or seen my feathered buddies since mid-July, and at the...
Ciaran, the Sop. pip arrived on our Wedding Anniversary, November 1st. He'd been seen the day before at the base of a tree but was left there. As he was still there the following day the finder put him in a box and contacted me. Ciaran was extremely underweight for...
This a.m. I received another call from a nearby village regarding another little Brown Long-eared bat. He was found on the ground in a metal and woodworking yard. The workers were unsure how long the bat had been there or whether it had fallen from a curtain covering...
When Little Rosemary was rescued, she weighed only 2.63 grams and was a tiny, late-born, injured, sticky-winged, and mite-infested pup. As she grew, the small tear in her wing membrane became a 1cm hole, the little white patch, located to the right of her fifth...
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...
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...
A tradition since medieval times has been the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare. A folklore figure, the hare has symbolised Easter but more often than not has been represented as an Easter bunny. In German tradition, the hare would judge whether children had been...
A new addition to my site. My Larmer Tree Temple artwork is now available as a Sepia Print and a Charcoal Grey fine art print. Larmer Tree Temple is one of the many ornate buildings situated within the Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal. I've recently received a...
The New Year started off with a lovely order for a client in the US: a Peacock at Larmer Tree Fine Art Print plus a Larmer Tree Temple Fine Art Print. I was asked if I would also include my history as an artist whilst living at the Larmer Tree, plus any information...