It’s Time For A Break From Unpacking~

         

    Unpacking has taken much longer than I expected. But enough is enough, it is time for a break.

    Sitting on the beach in the company of hundreds of seagulls is more than enough to compensate for the past few week’s hard work.

  Not only is the size of the Herring Gulls impressive, but their greed for human food is also a plus for me, enabling me to get really close.

    The Herring Gulls are sometimes are nuisance for local people here because they can be aggressive around humans, especially children. So they are not everyone’s favourite birds on the west coast of the UK. However, the Herring Gull is an endangered species because its number has declined by more than 50% in the last 25 years.

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New Bird Friends---The Robin Family

   As much as everyone in the UK craves for the sun and warmth, you will not hear me complaining about the English weather anytime soon.  The most annoying thing about living in HK for me was the fact that I was rarely able to work in the garden for more than an hour without getting heatstroke or being bitten by thousands of mosquitoes and other insects. At the moment, I am so glad that they are a thing of the past.

   One huge reward of working in the garden for me is the company of birds. You can imagine my delight when I discovered that a family of robins have been living in my garden for sometime.

  Mum and dad kept an eye on me at first, observing me from the garden fences. 

Then they began to follow me around looking for worms and insects.

Sometimes they got really close and didn’t mind the camera at all.

I wondered if they’ve had any chicks but decided not to investigate. I could not believe my luck, when one morning, one parent (possibly the dad)  brought his fledglings to meet me!

  After several attempts, I managed to get a couple of photos of them together.

  The colours of the fledglings feather are so well camouflaged that they are very difficult to spot.

   Soon the fledglings started following me while the parent was watching.

 

A few days ago, all of them disappeared from the garden for good. I wish them all the best and hope they will come back next year~

 

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The Start Of The Next Chapter~

“The ground temperature is 4 degrees (39F)”, the captain's announcement before landing at London Heathrow Airport made my heart sink. It was 27 degree Celsius (80F) when we left Hong Kong. But walking into the fresh air and the beautiful scenery convinced me that the next chapter of my life in the UK would be as enjoyable as in HK, if not more.

I can’t wait to start exploring my local rich wildlife and its exciting stories in the Southwest of England~

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