Sunday, 19 May 2024

Gheluvelt Park and Pitchcroft, worcester: Saturday, 11th - Friday, 17th May, 2024.

 

And half a walnut for you.......
.......to be eaten at altitude.
Always much tastier.
Iris.
A springtime announcement.
Jay.
Brady.
Level's well-and-truly dropped.
Blue Tit,
exiting nest box.
Skyscape.
we're fully paid up members of TSADFPAS 
and we demand our rights.
Feeding Mr Gheluvelt and 'friends'.
Blue Tit, 
exiting nest box II.
Treecreeper.
About to enter nest cavity with a meal.
Blue Tit.
About to exit nest hole.
Mr Gheluvelt is on nest duties.
So Mrs Gheluvelt is on a break and very hungry.
Blue Tit.
Busy Bee.
Flutterby on a hanging basket.
Narrow Boat.
Skyscape II.
Beep!
This Treecreeper is reversing.
Beep!
And about to enter.......
.......the nest cavity.
ralphie.
Blue Tit.
About to swoop down to nest hole with a meal.
A full meeting of THAwAS.
And half a walnut for you II.
Blue Tit,
exiting nest box with fecal sac.
Blackbird.
Male.
Full meeting of THAwAS II.
Grey Heron.
Skyscape III.
Treecreeper,
exiting nest cavity with fecal sac.
On Pitchcroft.
Springtime announcement II.

Sunday, 12 May 2024

Gheluvelt Park, Pitchcroft, Batsford Arboretum, and worcester city centre: Saturday, 4th - Friday, 10th May, 2024.

Skyscape.
Taking a photo of swans 
nesting for Marilyn.
Under Sabrina Bridge.
Both Gheluvelts are on/at the nest.
How many eggs?
Dunno.
Jay.
Puddles.
Skyscape II.
Pitchcroft.
Park flowers.
May I draw your attention to this sign?
Skyscape III.
Lavender road flowers.
Tabatha.
Full meeting of THAwAS.
The not-particularly-early (Black) bird 
catches the not-particularly-early worm.
Bachelor pad.
Blackbird.
Female.
Skyscape IV.
On The rockery Bridge.
A beautiful afternoon at the arboretum.
Batsford Parish Church.
Keeping a low profile.
Chillaxed.
Family snap-shot.
A carpet of wild Garlic.
A warm shady spot.
Meditating with Buddha.
Thrush bathtime.
Skyscape V.
G & T:
Darjeeling Tea,
egg mayo sammidge,
salad and crisps.
Decaf Tea,
"Posh" Ploughmans,
cup of Tomato and Sweet Potato Soup.
 
It's the end of an era as G & T will close its 
doors for the final time tomorrow.
A victim of the on-going cost-of-living crisis.

Says it all.