Spring is finally here ?

[peatff]

We had Spring for 2 days last week and it's been raining or foggy every day since

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, peatff said:

We had Spring for 2 days last week and it's been raining or foggy every day since

That’s one more day than we had

[Billhook]

Sad to see she has abandoned her nest.  Maybe there are so few insects/snails around at the moment or maybe there was not enough greenery in the hedge to protect her from the magpies, jays, jackdaws, carrions or maybe the sparrow hawk finally cleaned her up.  Maybe it was just too cold and wet and miserable.

Dicey business being a songbird these days

Edited April 14, 2018 by Billhook

[Yournamehere]

Cuckoo and chiff chaff heard at Shillinglee!

We made it through another one!

Happy Days

Y.

[woody paul]

Spring is here, heard ice cream van yesterday.

[Stubby]

10 hours ago, Billhook said:

Sad to see she has abandoned her nest.  Maybe there are so few insects/snails around at the moment or maybe there was not enough greenery in the hedge to protect her from the magpies, jays, jackdaws, cartoons or maybe the sparrow hawk finally cleaned her up.  Maybe it was just too cold and wet and miserable.

Dicey business being a songbird these days

I have seen some of those cracked open on the ground . Hatched , magpie or crow can't really say . Also duck egg shells .

[Haironyourchest]

Funny thing, my girlfriend was filling potholes yesterday and found an egg inside the gravel pile. It had been there for some time, as the shell was pitted and rough. We didn't know what to make of it, and thought it might be an egg shaped stone from the quarry, a sign of portent or something...so I whacked it with a stick and it proved to be a normal egg, albeit a smelly one. After much brainstorming we figured a neighbours dog must have buried it in our gravel heap

Edited April 14, 2018 by Haironyourchest

[daveatdave]

a starling fledgling in the garden today perched on the side of the water butt went back out a few minutes later to make shore it had not fallen in 

[Mull]

Bloody starlings, vermin![emoji35]

[Graham]

36 minutes ago, Mull said:

Bloody starlings, vermin!

They probably eat their bodyweight in leatherjackets and other grubs every day.