a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

New moon at Christmas. And a happy New Year from Spot.

The second broods of martins have started leaving their nests. This little chap was found just outside our front door, he/she could flutte...

the rooks have heard that some people are complaining about the noise they make early in the morning .... they are planning their next mov...

all the young blackbirds flew the nest this morning except this tail end Charlie (Charlene I think). It may well be the bird rescued earlier...

 Lottie will do almost anything for a carrot, and was impressed by how quickly a human was able to learn her trick.  She then had to wo...

We were honoured today by a visit from Jan and Lottie who are walking from the furthest point East in England to the furthest point West, b...

deer in meadows at Upper Downgate, and, looking the other way, the view of our villages, Stoke Climsland and Venterdon, church and chapel...

It was extremely wet and windy yesterday! still shell shocked, and hanging on for dear life, or like grim death. (It is interestin...

Up to 14 buzzards have been seen sitting together in these bare fields. Buzzards are usually fairly solitary birds, but they seem to be co...

swifts are the fighter squadrons of the bird world, they look like scimitars as they flash past, often in formation as below. ...

It not only looks nice it smells heavenly! 

In this picture there are at least seven martins flying around this funny little meadow opposite our paddock. Even though it is a dreary, ...

Our walnut tree, planted on Good Friday 1999, in keeping with everything else this year is way behind and is only now coming into leaf. Th...

Somewhat later than usual the martins have returned. Looking back through the records on this blog they are at least two weeks and up t...

we are off on our annual adventures on Saturday so Spot will lose his secretary for a couple of weeks. We will be sad to leave the apple t...

anxious duck keepers out early this morning to check on the new arrivals, picture taken by Jo at Farrier's Lodge. Those ducks don...

 where are we, I can't bear to look Elizabeth this is Jemima, Francis, this is Cloe, Cloe Elizabeth, Francis, Jemima, no this i...

When our neighbours were strimming their boundary hedge wall this robins' nest was accidentally uncovered.  The robins seem rel...

Francis, ever the gallant, gives her a warm welcome. It is love at first sight as they swim away into the setting sun. Let...

Harriet arrives with the new duck, now named Elizabeth . At first she (the duck, that is) looked a little lost after the long journey fro...