Tadpoles
Two years after the pond was install, and one year after I started to see frogs in the pond, this late spring I’ve had my first frogspawn. A significant milestone, for me anyway, and for the record I think I first saw it on the 10th May, which is a much later date than I…
Bird Number 31 – Bullfinch
Last week a new bird turned up in the garden. It’s the 31st different bird species I’ve seen in the garden, a Bullfinch. It was a single bird perched on the feeder table for a few moments, although not feeding and it didn’t seem interest in the actual feeders. The male, which is the bird…
My Highlight from 2022
This year when I had no nesting birds or beech martens the clear highlight of my nature watching were the fox visits to the garden. This has been a first for me, I’d never previously seen or recorded a fox in the garden although we live in the type of suburban environment in which they…
Summer for the Pond
My main hesitation before installation the pond was that I would just be creating a perfect habitat for mosquitoes, of which we already had plenty. We’re right now at peak ‘mozzie’ in the garden I can say that although there are still plenty, I’m not sure that there are more and the benefits of the…
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Hi, I’m James. The proud owner of a small suburban garden on the outskirts of Paris. I’ve created this blog to record the natural activity in my garden and to see if I can increase it by making some nature friendly improvements. Living in France but blogging in English, please don’t hesitate to contact me in either Engish or French.
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