Storm Ciara, the most ferocious storm to hit the UK in almost a decade took a swipe at the nest boxes, ripping the triple sparrow one from the wall.
It’s not nice seeing things that you’ve taken time and money
on, being destroyed so brutally.
However, I think it might be nature’s way of saying that
nest box isn’t working for the birds and needs to be moved.
Where it needs to be moved to is another thing, perhaps I’ll
wait until we move to a different house – in however many years that is!
The only major other news was that a large tree was blown
over in a neighbouring garden, taking out the phone lines and removing the
internet and the ability to upload this blog post! The irony.
The long tailed tits are now regulars in the garden,
feasting on the peanuts and fat snacks.
I even managed to get within four feet of them to grab this
image – it shows that even a bird with various colours can still be well hidden
in the garden!
There are three birds in this image, but only one is really
visible to the position of the other two.
The blossom on the trees is starting to come out, slightly
ahead of last year, but I suspect it’ll be hit hard if (and it’s a big if) we
see a cold snap and freezing conditions.
The birds are thinking it’s spring, because there’s plenty
of singing going on, and it’ll be interesting to see if they choose one of the
nest boxes in the garden.
With the camera systems not working properly, and little
time to fix them, I’ll use eyesight to detect presence – which worked ok before
cameras were fitted.
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