Phil Robinson (PjrFoto)

The young ones are wonderful - black and white stripes. I'm lucky that I live near Leeds Castle where there are lot who are used to people so you can fairly quite close.

Great Crested Grebes have become one of my favourite birds. I've been watching a couple of families grow up over the summer.

He does that sometimes. He stops as soon as I produce another handful of seed.

My left ear hasn't been quite the same since.

Can't see you waving! You're too far away!

That's me! (On the bench)

That's always good.

It is. And a bit up and down.

It was very impressive. Chris is much better at this kind of thing than me but I need to do more of it. I love spending my time with ducks, geese and peacocks, but i really should do more of this.

Hmm, better

I NEVER take photos of me. I've always hated it. The nearest I've ever got to a selfie is with a drone, 100ft up.

Well done him.
I'm not convinced 'plough through' is the best choice of words.

Thanks. It certainly made a change from ducks and geese (nice though they are).
It was a bit exhausting as every time her coach got close she went to wave out the window on the other side, so I had to run ahead of the horses to try and get her further on, hoping she waved to our side. Several times.

The first ever Lady Mayor's Show - I thought I'd go and have a look

The other one is a young swan with the feathers turning from brown to white.

Vandalising or improving?

Very sensible.

It sounds like you've been accepted.

On Monday I have been invited to take the books to Ladies’ Night at the Chequers, Laddingford. Does this mean I’m a kind of literary Chippendale? 6.30pm - 9pm, free canapés, a warm welcome from Tracey and Charles, Christmas shopping opportunities, and the chiselled good looks of my book covers. 🍷

It should be Schwiegermutter. (ie)
Schweigen is to remain silent.
So a Schweigermutter is a mother who never says anything.
I don't know her, of course. It may be an accurate description.

Very lucky to be alive then.

That's actually a very funny German joke (was it intentional?)

They are quite amazing up close - it's quite hard to believe they are real animals.

It's my own fault for offering him handfuls of food, I suppose.

Well Shaggy is goose-pecked and I'm peacock-pecked.

'Hi everyone☺️I’m Benji and I drew this to help Compassion in World Farming’s #DrawtheLine campaign 🐓Chickens are incredible birds, and should be able to live good lives like all of us. But 7 million are kept in cages in the UK💔 Please share!🙏 @ciwf.org.uk @ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.eu

Picture Quiz!

Very hungry today - and all alone up near the entrance, where I hadn't seen him before.
And I've just been to visit The Captain and have the scars to prove it.

Update: still dull and cloudy, went to see Shaggy anyway

Dull and cloudy here. Might go and visit Shaggy if it brightens up.