What have you seen

Hi ADP, I have had a bluetit roosting overnight for a couple of months now and there is now a lot of poop in the box. I have been considering cleaning it out but do not want to risk scaring the bird away.

Watership Down😁 I used that book for my very first teaching practice, takes me back a bit. Poor kids, I had them reading it, acting it out, hopping around in PE, sewing little felt bunnies, and the piece de resistance……. we built a very big papier mache scene, complete with burrows, gorse, hedges, the lot. Started to get a bit out of hand when pet bunnies were brought to school mind🤣 Happy days😁 I sometimes wonder if any of those dear little juniors went on to breed rabbits…….

In my experience TDA do nothing at this time of the year as they will be sizing potential nesting sites up.

Did you see the video from Macclesfield police of the unit that had overturned on the Cat and Fiddle road yesterday. Car looked too small for the size of caravan, and who in their right mind would take a caravan over that road in those winds anyway?

Don't think that is he, as the others are still playing around today, enjoying the early morning sunshine, along with himself!

We're not at home so no garden birdwatch for us, but had a good river watch yesterday. Grey Herons, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, a Little Egret, Curlews and Redshanks, plus around 40 Mallards during our mid morning walk.

TtDA, as much as I enjoyed Watership Down { as well as books about Moles  } :--

Should that final line not be :--  I sometimes wonder if those dear little juniors went on to breed LIKE rabbits  ??  

Yesterday we were down on the Somerset levels, some are flooded at present but not as much as some years. We were in the willow growing area which reaches down to the Tone. Lots of bird life down there, one day we'll manage to see the Cranes but had to make do with Egrets and Herons. 

Hey Brue, if you want to see Cranes go to the new Power Station they are building in beautiful Somerset. 

Just seen a murmuration, a small one admittedly but a sight I’ve not witnessed for a few years. The starlings circled and eventually landed on the trees behind my daughter’s house and the sounds they then made was a joy to hear. These colourful members of the mynah family really do have a huge repertoire and a wonderful ability to mimic other sounds in their environment. Sadly fewer in number these days.