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  1. Renee Redstart

    Happy Birthday Baz!

    I would like to wish Baz a Very Happy Birthday! Sorry not to have been a good member lately, but I still remember my old friends of the featherless variety, while feeding the VIPs in the garden. Lots of love from Renee (sorry, no accent on my netbook, away from usual computer). B (::bounce:(o)<
  2. Renee Redstart

    Happy Birthday to Judo!

    Here's wishing Judo a Very Happy Birthday! As it's the big one, I'm hoping you're having an especially good day. With lots of love from Renée. :flowers:B (::cat::D:bounce:
  3. Renee Redstart

    For those missing Judo and her birds

    Judo has been a bit poorly of late, but now she has suffered the bereavement of losing her constant companion, her beautiful cat. This is a very difficult time for her, and I know how she feels. Like me, you will probably be missing her enthusiasm and cheerful tales of her garden birds, and I...
  4. Renee Redstart

    Belated Diary from the Charente – Summer 2008

    As you may remember, I missed out my spring visit to the Charente to be with my mother, but managed to spend some time there in the summer. My spirits weren’t quite the same as usual, and I’m recalling it a little later than planned. I’ve often written that the bird life isn’t the same there two...
  5. Renee Redstart

    Looks like Bill's "Tatty"

    I was just scanning through some online newspaper headlines, when I came across an article in the Daily Mail about a Robin that had survived a Sparrowhawk attack. I don't know how to link just this article without all the stuff about Z-list 'celebs' at the side, so I have pasted it in, together...
  6. Renee Redstart

    Return of the Albino!

    Last November I found an Albino Squirrel in my garden and wondered if it would make it through the winter. Well it seems that it has. I spotted it eating the peanuts last week, and grabbed a few hurried shots. Other half, or perhaps I should say better half judging by his photography, took a...
  7. Renee Redstart

    Grey Wagtail

    Not a report as such, far from it, but last week we took time out from our recent sad duties to get out for a walk into the local villages and countryside that we love. We walked to one of our favourite spots by a lake which is close to both farms and woods in one of the Harlestones. Having...
  8. Renee Redstart

    Delights of Small Winter Visitors

    After starting BTO garden bird counting in the summer of 2004, I was excited to discover a 'first' that winter (2004/2005) in the tiny shape of a Goldcrest. But I had to wait until November 2007 to catch a fleeting glimpse of one again. In the winter of 2005/2006 I was introduced to the...
  9. Renee Redstart

    A Very Happy Birthday to SUE!

    Happy Birthday Sue! Sending you my very best wishes for a happy bird filled day, and an even happier year ahead. With lots of love from Renée :flowers::D:flowers:
  10. Renee Redstart

    Shortest Day Survey

    Don't forget the British Garden Birds site is running this again; http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/ebs/index.html It is already under way, finishing on Sunday 23rd December. I forgot to check the dates until now, and missed mentioning it before the weekend. It shouldn't be too much bother because...
  11. Renee Redstart

    Shortest Day Survey

    I don't know if this has already been mentioned on this forum this year and I've missed it, so apologies if I'm repeating what's already been posted. The Shortest Day Survey is under way again, run by British Garden Birds site: http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/ebs/index.html It runs until Sunday...
  12. Renee Redstart

    Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldcrest'

    Just thought I'd keep you posted on my Tree situation. Today was the day, and the pictures tell the story from small beginnings in 1990 until today. The last photo of the Lawsons which fell earlier in 1990 (and broke my heart), shows why it had to be done. At least my beloved 'woodland patch'...
  13. Renee Redstart

    Albino Squirrel in my garden

    I was supposed to have my eyes down, doing my French homework, but couldn't resist looking out of the window at all the goings on. My eye was caught by a flash of brilliant white bushy tail in the smaller of my two apple trees. I couldn't believe my eyes when I realised that it was an Albino...
  14. Renee Redstart

    Baz's Birthday!

    Horror of Horrors! Have we missed your birthday Baz? (Or have I gone potty- [again] ) If it was your birthday yesterday Baz, then please accept these belated Birthday Wishes! B (: B (: B (: And hope you enjoyed a very Happy Birthday.
  15. Renee Redstart

    Please help ID this Beetle

    I saw this Beetle in France and photographed it as it walked along in a rough garden in the early evening. The garden is adjacent to open fields. The beetle's whole body looked about 4cm long, and the antennae looked about 2cm long. It's size shows up well near the clover and plum. Thanks for...
  16. Renee Redstart

    Diaries from the Charente Summer 2007

    I am writing to you directly from the Charente, with my first few days’ diaries. We have a dodgy telephone line here, but grateful for small mercies being out here ‘away from it all’. Our ancient computer on this line seems to cut out a lot, but after several dial-ups we can get through. I am...
  17. Renee Redstart

    Happy Birthday to JUDO!

    Wishing you A Very Happy Birthday JUDO! May all your faithful birds and 'babies' make this a very special day. With love and best wishes from Renée :flowers: (o)< :flowers: (o)< :flowers:
  18. Renee Redstart

    Diaries from the Charente - Spring 2007

    Sorry this is later than planned, but I seem to have been a bit bogged down with other things. This isn’t a trip report in the usual sense because it’s a regular ‘home away from home’ visit. Last year I introduced the area and the ‘garden in the countryside’ setting, together with a comparison...
  19. Renee Redstart

    Northampton Town Starling Aerobatic Display

    I just wanted to share with everyone my humble efforts at photographing last night's Starling Display. They fly in from all directions over the Cobblers' football stadium and surrounding area, just outside the town.
  20. Renee Redstart

    Starlings over Northampton

    At last I've seen a Starling display! They are known to do their performance over an area just outside Northampton, and we went along this evening to see them. Didn't manage to catch any of the moments where they funnel down and round on camera, but we did see the whole spectacle. I wonder if...
  21. Renee Redstart

    No more nesting in the Rowan Tree

    It's been about 15 years since my beloved cypresses fell in a storm, and now there's more destruction. The Rowan Tree which my Great Tits loved nesting in, and where Goldfinches always came to the seed feeders, has fallen this morning. I am heartbroken, and have spent the morning dealing with...
  22. Renee Redstart

    BELATED Happy Birthday to GREENDOVE!

    I noticed that on the Garden Birds thread Kezza had realised that it had been Greendove's birthday, and put up the following best wishes (more or less) Finally, I've just noticed your name on the birthdays list Greendove! So, Happy Birthday to you! Sorry it is a little late in the day, hope...
  23. Renee Redstart

    Happy Birthday Dizzy!

    A Very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DIZZY! May all your bird dreams come true! With all best wishes from Renée :flowers: :flowers: :flowers:
  24. Renee Redstart

    Happy Birthday to Ivor Frog!

    A Very Happy Birthday Ivor Frog! With all good wishes from Renée B (: B (: B (:
  25. Renee Redstart

    Your Christmas Bird - What do you wish for?

    No, I’m not talking turkey! As winter approaches we look out for special seasonal visitors, and can have some surprises. As I’ve only been doing this for three Christmases now, I haven’t noticed any pattern. Life in my garden is full of surprises, whether it was the Goldcrest of two years ago...
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