Month: January 2010
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Hazel catkins
Both of these photos were taken on 27th January 2010. The catkins shown above are growing in my garden – now that the very cold weather has eased they are developing fast and the bush has a lot of female flowers on it. The ones below were photographed about a quarter of a mile from…
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Church gate
St Gregory’s, from the Newhay.
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Snowy churchyard
St Gregory the Great, Dawlish, from the Newhay. I love the lichen on these gravestones, and the way they’re all leaning at different angles. The Victorian mausoleum, centre back, was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and belongs to the Hoare family of Luscombe Castle. There are some more pictures of it here and it’s…
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Snowy fields
A view looking westwards this morning towards Little Haldon. I probably wouldn’t have gone out if I’d realised how miserable the weather was – the thermometer was up to zero and the air was completely still, but despite being well wrapped up I wasn’t very warm. It was good to be out of doors though,…
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Success!
I fixed up this bird table outside my kitchen window several months ago but didn’t have a single visitor until today – now the blackbirds are fighting each other to feed on it.
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Hazel catkins
Catkins on the tree which I planted last year in my garden. Some of the ones in the hedgerows are at around the same stage as these, but I’ve also seen others that are a couple of inches long and starting to open.
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Albinistic blackbird
I caught sight of a blackbird like this one on several occasions last year, but it was down in the park. It’s just begun visiting our gardens and is around most days at the moment. The cold weather is making birdwatching from the window a lot more interesting: so far, in addition to the heron,…
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Viburnum berries
Taken in St Gregory’s churchyard – the bushes have been laden with fruits this year.
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New Year’s Day
Detail of C15 tower, St Gregory the Great, Dawlish. The present church is a bit of a patchwork – the sandstone tower probably dates from before 1438 but the limestone nave, chancel and transepts are the result of two C19 rebuilds.