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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Tuesday, October 13/2026

Same flat as last time. Houses along this road are Victorian and Edwardian, most of them divided into flats. We’re on the top floor, at the back and up 39 steps. 

The back flat looks out over trees and roofs and a hooded crow lands frequently on the roof beside out window. Hooded crows are the kind they have in Cyprus but there they stay pretty clear of people, probably because farmers shoot them.


Courtesy Wildlife Trust 

Britain also has carrion crows, a little bigger and more robust than the American crows we have in Ontario. It’s carrion crows that Jenny enjoys - and leaves water for - in Thames Ditton.