Steve, Author at Random Blatherings

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All the birds pictured here are – I think- corvids. They are quite big, and sometimes strut around our garden […]

“Oh my God, it’s you!” is a phrase directed at me on the phone earlier this year. Now, while it

We love our little bungalow and its surroundings. Enjoy a few images in and around our garden during late Spring

Sometimes we all need to ask ourselves difficult questions, right? Personally, I find reflecting on the HardStuffTM rather unsettling <understatement

We have planted our garden to attract wildlife of all kinds and it’s working. For example, we see many blackbirds,

Today, for those of you living under a rock not in the UK, is General Election day. My US in-laws

Why, yes, we do call squirrels “squiggles” around here. Even the less popular grey squirrel. Are you calling us silly?

Cappuccino, or so I am told by various friends and confirmed by Wiki, is a breakfast coffee, most often consumed

As I have said before, the green woodpecker is a rare visitor to our garden. We hear their distinctive laughing

The ring-necked parakeet is a naturalised but invasive species in a growing area of the UK, spreading outwards from the