Swift half news - 15th July 2010

• Both of the fox cubs gave a good show in the garden last night at around 10:30pm. I hadn't seen them for a few months - they are in very good nick and pretty-well adult sized now. Bold as you like also - happy(ish) to be there as Anna and I stood outside having a nightcap...
• Very blustery indeed today - quite difficult for the swifts to hunt - a lot of huddling in the nest!

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.