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I’m really excited. I’ve been living here three years, and for the first time, it looks like I have some birds nesting in the nesting box at the bottom of my garden. I only have one decent tree, and it is the same one I had the flock of Bohemian Waxwings in in January. I think it’s a pair of blue tits. They spent a few days in March clearing out what was probably a bit of a mess in [...] I had some interesting visitors in my back garden for a little while this morning. I have no idea what these birds are. They were around the size of a starling. Notably, many of them seemed to have a head-crest. You can click the picture for a rather larger version. As usual, my cheap camera utterly failed to get a decent picture. Update: After a little research, it looks as if they were Bohemian Waxwings, not commonly found in [...] Originally posted December 19th, 2007. So, I head into Norwich to do some Christmas shopping, and who should I meet? It’s Santa! Not just any Santa, but Playmobil’s Santa! Doesn’t he look cheery as he shills for some other Santa’s grotto? To be honest, I think he looks a bit uncomfortable, but I suppose he has to pay for all those holidays in Tahiti somehow. Luckily I met him again after his shift. There now, he’s much happier! [...] Araneus diadematus, the European garden spider, has been busy in my garden. I spotted this group of bouncing babies having fun on my wheeliebin and thought I’d share! The focus isn’t perfect, but I think it’s the best my little camera is going to manage as close as I had to get. These spiderlings are little more than a millimetre across each. Click the picture to get a larger version. Araneus diadematus – Baby European Garden Spiders I hope [...] Via Twitter from Ysharros. It really IS cold. This is a NASA satellite image from today. The British Big Freeze 2010 Truly epic. It’s the nothingness. The whiteness. The endless…ness. Stretching on beyond the human imagination. Desolation of the soul! OH MY GOD!!!! The Mighty Boosh – Tundra Rap And that was pretty much the story of my walk into town today. Except with less dancing, and more nervous shuffling over icy surfaces. I’m on a work placement at the moment, and every day I walk there and back past one of Norwich’s fine pair of cathedrals. Our Catholic Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist was built quite recently by English standards, only being finished in 1910. At that point it was simply an extremely grand parish church, but in 1976 it became the base for a new diocese, the Diocese of East Anglia. It is a rather grand [...] |
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