House Mouse

Caught a mouse last week and set it free in a local park. After moving a sofa we found that it had bee residing in a slipper ...it had been snuggling up in there ...aaaahhhh. Also, it  had eaten plenty of the hazelnuts from the nut bowl we kept on a wooden chest in the conservatory. One morning I came down at 3.30 am to hear it gnawing a hazelnut noisily behind the dish washer. The vision of Pele or Beckaham dribbling it several meters from the nut bowl to the kitchen makes me laugh! Think it was a wood mouse, very common around here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Wood_mouse

Smelly Business

Robin's nest found in a manure bag that had fallen over by the front door. Discovered when the electrician had to dig a hole just next to it. So we linked up a camera .......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4s_Io4HCI

Robin's Nest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNJoAgDWbTA

Check out the chicks. Stretching their wings ready to fledge. No chicks today so they hopefully have!

HOUSE MARTIN NEWS!!!

HOUSE MARTINS have arrived in the area ...noted on 2nd May. I did have a glimpse of a swift ...so I thought ...last week. Summer is here?