Wednesday, June 16, 2010



Its all happening at the moment, the birds and the bees are very busy and unfortunately the wasps too as I have found a number of wasp nests around the garden.
The better nests that I have found are this one which belongs to a family of Woodchat Shrikes, apparently a species in decline. There were 6 babies in this nest and it was a bit crowded, I took this picture 2 days before they fledged. On the left is Dad Woodchat Shrike watching over the nest.
We also have Greenfinches and Goldfinches nesting in the conifers just outside the lounge door. I have put up a number of nest boxes but there is nothing in any of them, they all obviously prefer natural furnishings.

Mowgli the moggie has been very busy too. Last week we saw her chasing and eventually catching a rabbit/hare and then dragging it back to her babies, the prey was bigger than she was but she somehow managed it. It would have been a good time to follow her but we were otherwise indisposed. However, just 2 days ago we heard a different kind of meow and found her with a single kitten, emerging from the rocks down by the swimming pool, just need to catch them both now and take them to the vets for de-flowering.

Mum on guard watching over Lucky, lucky she didn't get eaten by the mongoose, or with ears like that, perhaps we should call her Bat Cat.

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