My new area has so many new neighbours! We seem to have multiple groups of these birds, and I learnt that these are house sparrows. They are very chatty! I love waking up in the morning to hearing them chirping away in the surrounding bushes and trees. Males tend to have a grey cap, chestnut … Continue reading Floof Friday
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Book Review: The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
Book blurb: A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world's most extraordinary endangered animals - a treasure trove of vanishing wonders. And each of them may soon disappear from the earth. A lavishly illustrated compendium of the staggering lives of some of the world's most endangered animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to … Continue reading Book Review: The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
Book Review: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Book blurb: Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed … Continue reading Book Review: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
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Look at this beauty! According to Google this is a Great Crested Grebe and they are diving birds, meaning they will dive under water to catch their food sources. They also apparently have a very elaborate courtship dance that involves synchronised movements. T xxx
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I took a day trip to one of the cities close to me which has a lovely park and lake that is home to some truly beautiful waterfowl. Such as this beautiful family of Egyptian Geese. Mum and Dad were stood by watching very closely as their incredible cute and very fluffy goslings had a … Continue reading Floof friday
How to keep pets cool in hot weather
Summer has now arrived in the UK and it is always a struggle. I won't repeat the usual stories you hear about the UK heat, but in summary is it humid, heavy and airless. And I am not even covered in fur to make it so much hotter! Over the years, I have worked out … Continue reading How to keep pets cool in hot weather
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There are quite a few empty fields in my area, and during one of my walks through them, I found cows! I think part of the field backs onto a nearby farm so the cows seem to have free reign of the whole place. Whilst it is nice to see cows out and about - … Continue reading Floof friday
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The ducklings are up and about! Their little fluffy butts are just too damn cute, and they're all quite noisy. I think the local river has very much been claimed by these little sweeties. T xx
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Spring is well and truly here in the UK, and nothing marks the coming of Spring more than new life in nature. The resident moorhen eggs have begun hatching and the fluffy chicks are just too much cuteness to handle! T xxx
Book Review: The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young
Book Blurb: Cows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive. Although much of a cow's day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree. This is an affectionate … Continue reading Book Review: The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young
Taylor Talks Vegan 