WHAT ELSE I SAW TODAY

[nuthatch]

Saw two bees just now in the garden - one was basking on the wall, the other was bee-ing around

[Placido]

What a reward in November . No more now I suspect - 46F max. today.

[Placido]

Can anyone identify this strange black and white object which I found in my garden this morning ?
I suspect that the treerat on the right (the one with the red jersey and number 9 on his back) may know but he's not telling.

I later spotted him attempting to bury it for the winter but couldn't quite get a picture .......

[nuthatch]

Had he been haring about with his jersey over his face?

[Jacksparrow]

It looks like a huddle of Magpies to me. Have Newcastle United been playing on the local rec?

[Placido]

In a single shaft of late autumnal sunshine, although the temperature was a chilly 44F, I espied a small but hardy flight of midgies flying up and down up and down up and down in the usual mindless manner which only midgies can demonstrate.
I betook myself to my hammock to contemplate The Meaning of Life

[Jacksparrow]

In a single shaft of late autumnal sunshine, although the temperature was a chilly 44F, I espied a small but hardy flight of midgies flying up and down up and down up and down in the usual mindless manner which only midgies can demonstrate.
I betook myself to my hammock to contemplate The Meaning of Life

...and have you reached a conclusion

[Placido]

Not quite; I have to get the frostbite treated first

[nuthatch]

[greenfinch2]

They must be a breed of hardy midgie"s.