Spring is finally here ?

[Mull]

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

Aye and shite their body weight all over my roof[emoji1]

[Stubby]

Also in the decline I feel . When I was a nipper the evening sky would go black " shoals " of them , twisting and turning as they came in to roost . Don't see that anymore .

[Graham]

49 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Also in the decline I feel . When I was a nipper the evening sky would go black " shoals " of them , twisting and turning as they came in to roost . Don't see that anymore .

They probably are although their winter roost sites tend to change.  Last winter they appeared locally in tens of thousands every evening roosting in any available tree they could.  Drew in lots of sightseers. This winter..not a sign of them.

[peatff]

8 hours ago, Mull said:

Bloody starlings, vermin!

They are on the protected red list in UK.

[Mull]

They are on the protected red list in UK.

They nest in dormers, every year I say I’ll block it up when they leave, been saying it for years now[emoji38]

[Billhook]

April 16th here in Lincolnshire, it has warmed up a bit today and it has been really pleasant in the sunshine but the hedges still look dormant

[Billhook]

The Hawthorn  may not be in leaf yet but the Blackthorn is starting to flower

"Beware the Blackthorn  Winter"

 

Next week you will all be searching for your pullovers and gloves!

[Richard 1234]

My kids are hatching chicks

[Stubby]

Another sunny day here in paradise !  Calves running with their Mums , Lambs about , birds nest building  Bumble bees on the move .

[Billhook]

12 hours ago, Stubby said:

Another sunny day here in paradise !  Calves running with their Mums , Lambs about , birds nest building  Bumble bees on the move .

We seem to have gone from Winter to almost Mid Summer in a couple of days, missing out Spring altogether.  Sunglasses and aircon on today!

Everyone is out on the land desperately drilling.  Up to a few days ago there was not a potato, a bean, a sugarbeet seed, a spring barley/wheat seed, and as for the poor old vining pea boys, they are going to have problems later on with everything happening together.