It’s good news for the wildlife that has survived the cold snap, but
I’m sure there’ll be a few more before winter it out.
Before I get on to the big news from my garden, the signs of spring are
certainly showing with numerous bulbs showing.
I’ll use images to showcase the change in one area of the garden’s
flowerbed, to see which bulbs come up first and how quickly they do so.
OK, the nestbox camera that was cut off just as the first nest was
being built last year, IS BACK.
I fitted a new cable this week and already there has been some action.
When I inspected the nestbox last week it had bird droppings in it, so I knew
some roosting had been occurring.
When the camera went live a female house sparrow roosted in for the
night and today, just two days after it went live again, it started nest building with a male house sparrow.
I also noticed that a pair of tree sparrows is now paying close
attention to one of the three boxes in the sparrow nestbox, but nothing has
gone into the one with the camera in it.
There appears to have been something occurring inside the nestbox
during the winter, but I’m not confident that a nest will appear.
Perhaps we’ll have a nearly completed nest by next week, which will be
much earlier than last year.
Finally, today I took part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. Nothing
too unusual although the female great spotted woodpecker did put in an
appearance.
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