garden birds

Male Pied flycatcher in amongst leaves of the English oak Quercus robur

Ideal garden full of things you can do to encourage nature and promote soil health in your garden For more please check out my blog, and the associated blog on how NOT to have an ideal garden.

Blue tit cut to white

Robin cut to white

  Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto pair on Copper beech

Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus on branch showing green grey back and yellowish chest.

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba cut to white showing monochrome colours

Coastal Hay Meadow in Devon (Bentham).  Illustration shows idealised grassland scene with insects, birds, and wild flowers one would hope to see in a well managed coastal hay meadow.

Jackdaw Corvus monedula on post with licehn and barbed wire

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs male showing slate blue head and pink chest

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in flight showing pinkish chest and blue grey head.

House sparrow Passes domesticus Female pen and ink diagram with watercolour top wash

Blue tit Parus caeruleus visiting a bird box