Firstly the extremely strong winds that battered the country, swiftly
followed by the storm surge that has hit both humans and wildlife.
Hundreds of grey seal pups washed away along the North Sea coasts and I’m
sure many birds have been blown off course or away from their intended targets.
My garden hasn’t seen too much negativity, apart from the temporary greenhouse
that blew over and the dead leaves that I’d covered the borders with being
blown all over the place – more work to fix that required.
What has happened has been more birds frequenting the feeders in the
garden since the weather abated.
Throughout the weekend the visits from blue tits, great tits, robins,
blackbirds, dunnocks, tree sparrows and house sparrows has increased rapidly.
The weather hasn’t got colder so I can only assume that the strong
winds meant they didn’t want to travel far and a good food supply, that is
found in my garden, with good areas of cover is the best place to be for now.
Perhaps next week they’ll disperse into the countryside again and utilise
the natural food supply – only time will tell.
Christmas is just over two weeks away, but it doesn’t have the feel of
winter and therefore Christmas just yet – then again maybe that’s just me.
It means that the final vegetable in my garden will be excavated and
hopefully enjoyed by the family during the Christmas Day meal. Once the
parnsips are dug up I’ll put some pics up to show whether it’s been a success.
As for the weather, it looks like a mild(ish) week and fairly quiet for
the wildlife, which is not too bad after last week’s one in 200 year event!
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