Showing posts with label barn owls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label barn owls. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 April 2010

General (county) news - 17th April 2010

  • Barn owls have left their local winter fork in tree in the last 5 weeks (all I have to show for their presence over the winter is a big owl pellet!) I hope they have found a nesting place (or box) nearby to breed this year. I shall keep my eyes peeled.
  • Fox cubs at Pumpkin's house (next door but one) have showed themselves above ground for the first time today (2 cubs) in glorious unbroken sunshine.

Saturday, 3 April 2010

General (county) news

  • Bluebells not in flower yet (2 weeks away?) but foliage thickly covering local woods.
  • Toads back to breeding ponds (they've crossed their roads etc...).
  • Most hirundines back in UK (but waiting on swifts - 3 weeks?).
  • Many birds (blackbirds, mallards etc...) sitting on eggs already.
  • Local Barn Owls still not in breeding hole(s).
  • Weather very unsettled still.