Happy New Year

Butterflies of the old year

White Admiral
Speckled Wood

Small Copper

Silver-washed Fritillary

Ringlet

Paited Lady

Orange-tip

Marbled White

Large Skipper

Green Hairsteak

Gatekeeper

Common Blue Butterfly

Common Blue

Comma

Clouded Yellow

This is my report of 2009

I hope that you a jolly happy new year.

The families of Dragoflies, Damselflies, etc

Ruddy Darter
Migrant Hawker

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Four-spotted Chaser

Emperor Dragonfly

Common Blue Damselfly

Broad-bodied Chaser (female)

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Black-tailed Skimmer

Beautiful Demoiselle

It rained again................

The Crow family

Rook
Magpie

Jay

JackdawCarrion Crow
It was raining all day, so I produced some of the Crow family.

Song Thrush (Naas Lane, Lydney)

You would like to go down to Naas Lane; a lovely scene, full of old furniture that no one wants, broken glass and throw away plates & forks. But, not everything there is dirty, like the birds. There are numerous amounts of them at this time of the year. I like it.....

Berwick's Swan

The best news I've had for several months. A Berwick's Swan.

Wren taken on Christmas day

The so-called Boxing Day, What is it? All those presents that the kids love and admire, that's all gone now and it is time to put the boxes; no it isn't that.......... I do not know, I think it's time to look in Wikipedia.

Boxing day was traditionally a day the servants had a day off from their duties. Because of this the gentry would eat cold cuts and have a buffet style feast prepared by the servants in advance. In modern times many families will still follow this tradition by eating a family style buffet lunch, with cold cuts rather than a full cooked meal. It is a time for family, parlour games and sports in the UK.
The traditional recorded celebration of Boxing Day has long included giving money and other gifts to those who were needy and in service positions. The European tradition has been dated to the Middle Ages, but the exact origin is unknown and there are some claims that it goes back to the late Roman/early Christian era; metal boxes were placed outside churches used to collect special offerings tied to the Feast of Saint Stephen.In the United Kingdom it certainly became a custom of the nineteenth century Victorians for tradesmen to collect their "Christmas boxes" or gifts in return for good and reliable service throughout the year on the day after Christmas. The exact etymology of the term "Boxing" is unclear, with several competing theories, none of which are clearly true.
The establishment of Boxing Day as a defined public holiday under the legislation that created the UK's Bank Holidays started the separation of 'Boxing Day' from the 'Feast of St Stephen' and today it is almost entirely a secular holiday with a tradition of shopping and post Christmas sales starting.

I am not sure if I can use this! Never mind.......

A Merry Christmas

Lapwing (Lydney, Naas Lane)

I am getting a bit closer, but, as I say to everyone is, always go for the head. And, I didn't do it, silly fool. Tomorrow it will be Chistmas Day.............so, Merry Christmas to you all.

Greylag Geese

I didn't go out again, this week is a tricky one, snowy and black ice on the road. And, I just don't like the cold. So, I like the car, but I don't like the roads when there is a warm house.

A collection of birds over the week

Pied Wagtail
Redwing

Song Thrush

Can you tell the difference between Song Thrush and the Redwing? Of course, it is the colours; one is yellow and the other is sky blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A day in the life "Beatles"

A Robin waiting for more seeds
Blue Tit has found some

And the Blackbird is a bit frantic.