by Sparrowhawk | Feb 25, 2015 | Diary |
There were two stories that the late Gerald Durrell told me about animals being driven to extinction. They both occurred in America during the early nineteenth century. The first was set in the Great Plains where huge herds of Buffalo roamed. When the first railroads...
by Sparrowhawk | Feb 19, 2015 | Diary |
Another frosty morning and I’m at the kitchen window watching the birds feeding. First to arrive are the Wood Pigeons, Stock Doves and Collared Doves. They jostle and flap on the trough feeder stuffing themselves with black sunflower seed. Below them, waiting their...
by Sparrowhawk | Feb 6, 2015 | Diary |
With below freezing temperatures most nights recently it has been a battle to keep our patio at the back of the house ice free. Liza has endeavoured with the aid of sprinklings of rock salt to keep it safe and her “ice grippers” have vanished just when they were most...
