As usual at this time of year the garden is really quiet at the moment, with most birds hiding around the hedgerows, fields and trees while the adults moult.
In the last week there has been some visitors, with the odd blue tit (both adults and this year’s young), while the magpies are constantly around and making plenty of noise.
The other birds starting to come back in the garden are the robins, indeed the robin family that fledged a few weeks ago.
The youngsters are starting to show signs of the red breast, while the adults seem to be getting more and more comfortable with us in the garden, mainly while we’re working.
With the youngsters still learning about life, they are always making nervous warning sounds whenever they are around the garden and we’re in there.
They still come around the seats and tables, often underneath picking up crumbs from the floor, so cleaning up for us at the same time.
The weather hasn’t been summer-like, but it has been mild and moist at night.
This led to a surprise visitor in the kitchen one evening as a toad came to visit.
We were able to show it back out again, but it was a lively one and seemed to be smaller than the one I found last year.
Finally, the hedgehog seems to still be around as I’ve found droppings around the small pond and in a couple of other parts of the garden.
I think it lives under one of the sheds, although I do wonder if it has a bolt hole under the logs near the pond.
I’ll hopefully be able to spend a bit of time in the garden in the next couple of weekends and see what I can detect.
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