Hen blackbird on the nest

Hen blackbird on the nest
Originally uploaded by pinkpebbleperson

Here's my hen blackbird on her nest this morning (don't worry I used the zoom! and it was daylight so glad OK to use flash)

Saw 4 eggs in there last night

The blackbird's nest

Nature is daft sometimes.

Remember that egg I found on the wall recently? It's been followed by a nest in the daftest of places - two feet from the ground above the place where the catmint used to be. It's been built inside a buddleia plant I've been trying and failing to keep under control. The egg I found was on the wall just beside the bush, so at least I know why it was there now!



So on Monday, there was just one egg in the nest, yesterday another appeared, now there's a third. I think that white bit is cat fluff.



So either the female blackbird is very very clever and has worked out that our two cats are slightly decrepit (until they hear baby blackbirds I bet) or more likely it's her first nest.

She's hardly ever sitting on it, either. Hmmm time will tell!

The nest is beautifully made, though.

Kirkcudbright Animal Park Baby Otters

Kirkcudbright Animal Park Baby Otters
Originally uploaded by pinkpebbleperson

This is the most popular photo on my flickr stream!!

It is *very* cute ...

Domestic slatterns of the world, unite!

The above title was donated by my friend Fairy Nuff. It's perfect!

Race For Life - The Second Sequel!

I've just signed up to do the Race for Life again!

So here's an unashamed plug.

And this is an unashamed pug.



Here's my sponsorship page

Here's what happened when I did it in 2006 & 2007

Yay! I have two Solfest tickets in my sweaty inbox

Phew ... the tickets for Solfest were released today and as with anything else well saught-after yet trumpetted, the website didn't make it long after the 9am opening.

After two hours pressing redial, B finally managed to speak to a real human willing to take his credit card details so woohoo with purple stripes, we are going to Solfest again!

Wooo... Supergrass, Chas & Dave, Roisin Murphy, Alabama 3, The Pipettes ... gonna be a guddun! Can't wait.

Solfest 2007

Solfest 2006