more evidence in the snow

how's this for a bird print. Big one this - up the mountain. Raven? Buzzard?


and somebodies christmas brunch

tracking

The thing about snow is that you don;t always have to be tunneling underneath it (see these two blog entries) to find out how the small mammals are doing, who's about. They leave little tracks on the surface. Of course with my nose I can tell you about tracks without the white stuff, but these little tracks are definitely useful to those without such a gift

Tim Dee, The Running Sky & gannets

She says ought I to get a little more serious, do some reading of other peoples' writing on nature.
SO: Tim Dee The Running Sky
and a great quote about gannets (not that I have seen any but she says it is a very good description...)

“the rapid origami of themselves and their brilliant white match strikes” ”it was impossible to hear them break through the sea…but the splash they make looks exactly like a sound and I found myself adding it to the ruckus!”
“mind wiping swirl of birds”

searching part 2

searching

 How much wild life is there under the snow, expecting small mammals such as voles and mice.

humph

not exactly getting a helping hand with my nature notes.
She just spreads paper over the floor and looks at it. I join in but it doesn't seem an all together appreciated action. She mutters things about Em Ay and reading and reasearch.

holidays and extermination

I have been away on a 5 week holiday. Plenty of domesticated wild life to keep me company.
But tonight my biggest collection of fleas ever has been attacked and I hear there will be more chemicals tomorrow. Heard her saying something like "he's covered in them, never seen anything like it". Well yes was getting a bit itchy.