Wrens and Robins

With days getting shorter again, and with the Moon taking over from the Sun as to can claim possession of the Northern Hemispere for the next 6 months, nature is preparing for winter and next spring. Around us we see plants produce seeds for Birds, Insects and other creatures (and the wind, of course) to feed on and disperse again, in a way of procreation.


Ferns and Fungi do this via spores at the underside of their frond or underneath the cap of the Fungi, which is the flower of the Fungi growing out of our sight.

No spores yet... be patient
As spring, breeding and the moulting has been dealt and done with, preparations are being made for winter. And in my garden, I have noticed this with the arrival of the Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes and the Robin,Ericathacus rubecula

Erithacus rubecula

Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes
Looking around....
preparing for Take Off..
Checking out the local Deli..

Robin, Ericathacus rubecula
I'm Boss here

What you looking at?
Do you ever listen?

Also, Birds like Chaffinches are a sure sign of autumn and winter. Others, like House Sparrows, Jackdaws, Rooks and Pied Wagtails, are still here, and will stay all winter. Some will see others of their species arrive this month, when migrant birds from the continent join our troops.


Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba



Jackdaw, Corvus monedula


And although this bird lives right behind us in the Hawthorn, the Starling let themself hear, but not seen in the garden.
Starling, Stumus vulgaris

Bird seeds; will they be ready before winter?

The late (and only) summer we've had during two or three weeks in September, have resulted in the germination of a few of the seeds which I feed my Birds. After the House Sparrows became very happy about Oats seed germinating and producing seed, last summer, I scattered some of the birdseed around the Fennel (not sure which one of the mixed seed being the seed of Oats) and just hoping that the same would happen this summer. Some seds germinated and grew up a little, but not really to fruiting stage. Perhaps also because our summer was being rained away.
This one was growing out of my planter on the side, but I think it has collapsed by now.

This one however does still look promising, were it not for the fact that we have shortage of daylight hours & warmth at the moment. It has only just started flowering, a lovely dainty violet flower, which at one (have 3 similar stalks) was being blown away immediately!




Red Clover, is still in flower, about the village and in my garden.
Red Clover, Trifolium pratense

Rook, Corvus frugilegus


House Sparrows, Passer domesticus




Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba


Blue Tit, Parus caeruleus


male Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs


Dunnock, Prunella modularis