We’ve not yet finished April but we’ve seen weather
representing all four seasons already.
Hail and a little snow started the month, before spring(ish)
conditions followed, then last week summer took over, while autumn came along
today and looks like staying until May – or until winter starts the sequence again.
What’s been lovely to see, up until today, has been the
swallows dancing in the air, chattering and making plans for breeding, plans that
may be on hold for now!
The nest building in the garden continues, with the blue tits
and blackbirds making their choices of nest location well known.
The male wren has been entertaining the female at his nest
in the previously unused nest box.
It’s been difficult to assess her feedback, although she has
been spotted a few times so perhaps this nest ‘sale’ is still under discussion.
What’s been very distinguishable is the dawn chorus, and
what a lovely sound the birds are making around the garden.
Wren, blackbird, blue tit, house sparrow, robin, dunnock,
goldfinch, chaffinch, swallow, chiffchaff and great tit all providing a cacophony
of alarm bells from the first chink of light – at the moment 5am is late for
some birds!
The big question for the birds is will there be enough food
for when the chicks arrive, particularly for those that have laid eggs
recently, as the colder weather isn’t beneficial for the usual spring gluttony
of caterpillars.
One thing I do is order mealworms, and the first batch is
due to arrive this weekend, so it’ll be interesting to see which birds fly off
with big bunches of them first.
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