It’s been a quiet couple of weeks in the garden, with the
list of garden bird visitors still on the low side.
With most, if not all, of the summer visitors now departed
and the winter visitors still to properly land on our shores, there’s little
activity going on.
On the insect and invertebrate front it’s quietening down
too, with spider numbers and webs decreasing, flies in short supply and only
three crane flies seen.
One major difference has been the beautiful colours the
climbing plant (still not sure of the variety) has shown through its leaves
over the last couple of weeks.
In mid to late September it had a full canopy of green
leaves, but within two weeks they had turned to a glowing red colour and now
most have simply fallen off.
The ivy is continually growing, but also being kept in
check. It’ll provide a good cover for roosting birds in winter and food source
almost all year round.
By the end of the month the nest boxes will be inspected,
clean and put back up, with the hope that the cameras work and they will be
used for winter roosting.
Who knows if they’ll be used again next year, but it won’t
be long before we find out.
Until then it’s time to enjoy this warmer weather, ahead of
the old Hurricane Ophelia that’s due early next week.
