Brutkey

Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to
Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

Earlier in the year I scattered a load of flower seeds in a bare patch of ground…then ignored them. These are the mixed cornflowers now. No thinning out. Just a riot of colour.

#BloomScrolling

A photo of densely planted cornflowers in pinks, purples and classic blue (a few ‘weeds’ in there too).
Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

I just refilled the bird feeders. This wasn’t quite the visitor I was expecting 😳😳. Looks like they were out of luck on the supper front though.

Sparrowhawk. Not sure if female or juvenile but perhaps someone can tell me.

#birds

A photo of an Eurasian sparrowhawk perched on the end of an almost vertical branch of a dead tree. They have a brown back and brown barring on their underside. They are side on to the camera but their head is turned towards it, looking intently with yellow-amber eyes. Blurred green foliage behind.
Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

Meanwhile, in Carry On Hedgehog…

(Sound up)

#hedgehogs

Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

The fatball feeder hangs from this tree stump. It is currently empty. This young greater spotted woodpecker is hoping to manifest snacks with the power of their mind.

#birds

Photo of a juvenile greater spotted woodpecker perched on the end of an almost vertical branch of a dead tree, stripped bare of bark. They are in profile and have a look of intense concentration, eyes half closed. As a juvenile they still have a red cap. The remainder of their plumage is black and white. Blurred green foliage behind.
Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

I met some friendly goats on yesterday’s walk. Always a bonus.

#goats

Photo of a goat looking hopefully at the camera person through a wire fence from a paddock. They are brown and white and have some fine horns. Photo of another brown and white goat pressed up against the fence for scritches. They also have fine horns and a very impressive white beard.
Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

Featured in the works of Paul Nash https://www.nashclumps.org/early.html

Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

Heading back to Wales after a trip to the office in Oxfordshire and a ‘walking meeting’. A very different landscape to my usual. This is Round Hill, one of the ‘Wittenham Clumps’ chalk hills, taken from the slopes of the other, Castle Hill, an Iron Age hill fort.

Photo of a rounded hill with a clump of trees on the top under a cloudless blue sky. In a foreground a chalky path wends around the slope of another hill. The grass studded with wildflowers in pink, white and yellow.
Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

Hotel hairdryer packed up as I was halfway through drying my hair. As in half my hair is dry. It’s an interesting look.

Hotel has no reception so I can’t get a replacement.

Helen Clayton
@helenclayton@mas.to

Came over in the great Twitter migration of November 2022 and have felt at home here ever since. A bit about me…

My work is in protecting and championing public rights of way and access for all to enjoy. An unusual fork in the path from a background in environmental science. Still passionate about both.

I love walking - exploring ancient ways and losing myself in nature.

Mainly sharing photos and musings about all these subjects, with maybe some home-baking thrown in.