Treecreeping
I’m waiting for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers when I see a familiar sight. It’s a Treecreeper. Lovely, aren’t they?
A river nest and bath time
Who lives in a house like this? It’s a huge domed nest made of moss in a river bank. It’s a Dippers’ …
Knowledge is over-rated
There’s a Treecreeper, Certhia familiaris, on the tree in front of me: That’s very exciting. I creep a little closer to the …
2017 highlights of a wilder Devon life
2017 was when I embarked upon my quest with gusto. Which quest? To find all the animals, plants and fungi I wrote …
The Second Ladybird book of British Birds #11 – The Treecreeper
“The Tree-Creeper is a little bird with a long, curved beak and quite a long tail.” So says The Second Ladybird book of British Birds and their nests.
Spotted! A brief walk in the woods
The weather is fine so I’m off to the woods to see what I can find. I’d really like to see a …
Now you see it… a Treecreeper with short toes.
It’s unmistakable to me now; the shape of a Treecreeper against a tree. That pose, the stiff tail to balance it, the …