Young Robin - taken 2009 in back garden - Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

WEEKLY TWEET

When was the last time you actually watched wildlife in your back garden?

Today? Last week? Can't remember? In today's modern world, we are finding it increasingly difficult to relax and take time out from work or family. This blog is to remind you all of the free entertainment that we can enjoy each and every day - WILDLIFE!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Our Back Garden

This is our back garden - not very big at all and no room to put up proper bird tables etc so we improvised and bought an extendable pole which we fixed onto the fence (when I say we, I mean my other half!). We only rent the property so we can't make too many adjustments to the place!


As you can tell from the photos, we are almost surrounded by trees and undergrowth providing plenty of cover for birds, unfortunately it also provides plenty of hiding places for cats too. One down side of the trees is all the leaves which are constantly falling at the moment, making the garden look "untidy" (I prefer to use the term "wild"!).
But if we didn't have the trees / bushes then we probably wouldn't have the fox or the badger so I can't complain!

This is the hole that the badger has dug in order to sniff around our garden. We have tried scooping all the soil back but he just digs it again the next night so we just leave it now.

3 comments:

Warren Baker said...

Looks like a good spot to get a long list of visitors Sharon. Especially when (if?) it gets colder.

winterwren said...

Looks like a nice bijou (-: garden Sharon. I envy you your larger trees, that is something we just dont have around my house. You've reminded me, I need to get my feeders cleaned up and filled again. Thanks! (-:

Davo said...

Badgers in oyur garen - we're sooooo envious we get excited if a blue tit pops in for more than 10 seconds!

Cheers

D