Jim Mountain
@walledgardenjim.bsky.social
Retired nurseryman, trying to encourage more wildlife into my old nursery. A lifelong fascination for birds.
Spotted flycatchers. Let's hope these have a successful breeding season.
June 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Spotted flycatchers. Let's hope these have a successful breeding season.
16.20. Park Rd, Benhall is now open because traffic management workers received so much abuse and Highways, so many complaints. The road closure is now replaced with a traffic jam!
March 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
16.20. Park Rd, Benhall is now open because traffic management workers received so much abuse and Highways, so many complaints. The road closure is now replaced with a traffic jam!
Going birding this weekend? Note as from 2.45pm this afternoon, Park Rd, Benhall is closed and cannot therefore be used as a diversionary route round the A12 road closure near the A1094 junction.
March 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Going birding this weekend? Note as from 2.45pm this afternoon, Park Rd, Benhall is closed and cannot therefore be used as a diversionary route round the A12 road closure near the A1094 junction.
This Firecrest in a Witch Hazel, the highlight of a couple of hours spent at Lynford Arboretum yesterday.
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This Firecrest in a Witch Hazel, the highlight of a couple of hours spent at Lynford Arboretum yesterday.
Corn Bunting was an unexpected find on a Huntingdonshire farm during an overnight stay at the weekend.
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Corn Bunting was an unexpected find on a Huntingdonshire farm during an overnight stay at the weekend.
An interesting buzzard about 1 mile downstream of the bridge over the Little Ouse at Santon Downham on Wednesday @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
An interesting buzzard about 1 mile downstream of the bridge over the Little Ouse at Santon Downham on Wednesday @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
This kestrel spent more than 30 minutes eating a lump of muntjac
January 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This kestrel spent more than 30 minutes eating a lump of muntjac
The Fieldfares have finished the berries of Cotoneaster lacteus which usually lasts into February, and will polish off the Malus Red Sentinel fruits in a few days.
January 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Fieldfares have finished the berries of Cotoneaster lacteus which usually lasts into February, and will polish off the Malus Red Sentinel fruits in a few days.
Had not had a Hawfinch in the garden for more than 10 years, so delighted to persevere until I could nail a sighting of one in a dense, but well berried yew tree where it competed with the Redwings for berries.
December 17, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Had not had a Hawfinch in the garden for more than 10 years, so delighted to persevere until I could nail a sighting of one in a dense, but well berried yew tree where it competed with the Redwings for berries.