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There has been an increase in the Goldfinch population visiting the niger seed feeders. At least four adult and another four juvenile birds are around and there is hardly any time during the day when the niger is not being eaten. I just wish they would not drop so much of it.
The local Sparrowhawk called in at lunchtime yesterday and would have been clearly seen in the camera as she flew up to and around the sunflower feeder. Unfortunately/fortunately (depends on your point of view) she missed all the little birds so went on her way. Sheila saw a ‘kill’ earlier in the week however: possibly one of the many juvenile starlings that are around and attacking our fat ball feeders and peanuts.
Swifts are regularly wheeling overhead so hopefully one or two will be prospecting the nest sites for next year.
We have a hedgehog ‘nesting’ in the old chimney pot that sits by the kitchen window. She is not slow to get out and about in daylight either: we first spotted her collecting dry leaves and fresh grass one evening and have also seen her at tea time purposely scampering along the path towards the compost heap that is opened up at the moment for rebuilding . . . it has collapsed onto a pain of the greenhouse glass and broken it.
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