Journal
Mobile but Not Mobile
Sadly no phone to hand or camera, stepped outside to see five baby nuthatches on our feeder, all sat in a row waiting to be fed by their parents. Brilliant sighting. The reason no phone, is that my old Apple gave up the ghost toward the end of May and I've since been...
Brown Long-Eared Bat Survey
It was my annual Brown Long-Eared bat roost count tonight and am rather concerned, as no bats appeared. For nearly 20yrs we have had a Brown Long-eared bat maternity roost in our loft. It used to be the third largest known colony in the South West. The number of...
Misbehaving Meniscus
Can't believe it... but then again I can, 'cos it has really hurt for many weeks now. Thought it would go of its own accord, and have been popping Ibuprofen but to no avail. Finally phoned the Dr. yesterday. Thirty minute wait to get thro', but worth it. Transpires,...
Box of Bats
Couldn't believe someone would do such a thing. In June, nine years ago, 50+ baby bats, plus a couple of mum bats were found by a dog walker, in a cardboard box in the middle of a field.The bats had obviously been ripped from the safety of their maternity roost in a...
Bat Rescue No. 2
Headed for the garden studio to do some artwork and received a call re: a cat attacked bat. Spent the remainder of day on the road collecting the poor little thing and administering anti bio's etc. She is a female Soprano Pip. and was attacked last night. She was...
Batty Business No.1.
Sat in my mesh tent in the garden, with my little rescue bat tonight. We did this on her arrival 6 weeks ago, and I realised then that she couldn't fly and that the cat had either broken her pelvis or leg, as she could only crawl. So since then, she has been on forced...
Corona & Bats
It is unfortunate that the average person has a deep prejudice against the bat. Without looking or thinking for himself, he accepts a lot of absurd tales about the winged one, and passes them on and on, never caring for the injustice he does or the pleasure he loses....
Daisy
Please bear with me whilst I fluff myself up all proud for a second, and mention our Granddaughter Daisy. Have just learned that our lovely Granddaughter’s artwork has been selected from 17,000 entries at the Royal Academy of Arts!! Well done Daisy! 🙂 From a very...
Seahorse Success Story
It has been a surprisingly seahorsey week for me. The local news today was that no seahorses have been seen in dives along the Studland coastline in Dorset, since 2018, when a dead one was found. The seahorses have been missing for the past two years, but a recent...
Seahorse Greetings
Received a Seahorse greetings card order today. My Seahorse Greetings Card is available from my on-line shop.