Colour Inspiration #18 - Newt

This is one lucky newt – the other day as I was walking up the garden path I almost trod on him, but fortunately spotted him in time!  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a newt this colour in our garden before; they’re usually much darker.  I managed to scoop him up and put him on a leaf by the pond.  By the time I had got my camera he had started to move off and was hiding in the leaves.

Baby birds

The weather has changed this week and it's starting to feel like summer is on the way!  Our garden is filled with birds at the moment.  We have at least 2 blackbird nests and we're waiting to see the when the babies leave their nest.  They've been more active the last few days and we keep seeing them peaking out from the hedge - we think there are 4 in here!

We also spotted a pair of goldfinches feeding their baby - I don't think I've ever seen a baby goldfinch before.  It looked like the adults except for having a brown head instead of the disinctive red / black / white.