It’s back to my lockdown hide , aka the patio door and time to spend a few hours in the cold , chilling with our garden squirrel. Talk about back to the future, I wouldn’t have believed you last March if you had said in what’s nearly a year I would still be confined to the garden . Mind you I’m very grateful that I have a garden with wildlife to escape into. The meadow hide is now nearly finished , so we’re just waiting for the end of lockdown to relocate it to the wildflower meadow. In the mean time , here’s a few more images of my chilled out friend………..

REEVES MUNTJAC

The Reeves Muntjac (   Muntiacus reevesi )  is a small stocky deer , with a distinctive haunched appearance , with a rusty brown coat which turns  a dull shade of grey in winter. The Muntjac was named in 1812 after John Reeves of the East India Company. This non native species originated in south east Asia and was introduced to…

by phans66 May 26, 2023April 28, 2023

ROE DEER

Roe Deer , Capreolus capreolus The roe is one of the two species of truly native deer of the British Isles, the other being the red deer. Records of them date nearly 6,000 years.. They are strongly associated with woodlands and have increased in both population and distribution with the increase in woodland planting in…

by phans66 May 24, 2023May 6, 2023

THE HIDE , WATER

The Hide , Monday 22nd May 2023 Another busy day here at the Hide with the pool central to all the action. It seems that Monday is bath day.! The appearance of the Sparrowhawk last week seems to have scared off all the blackbirds . Normally there’s at least three or four hanging around the…

by phans66 May 23, 2023