tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post6423872977792840198..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Good Butterfly NewsNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60303185898076337352008-07-01T12:26:00.000+01:002008-07-01T12:26:00.000+01:00Ah brilliant Richard - that cheered me up no end.....Ah brilliant Richard - that cheered me up no end...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-29001492517706711822008-07-01T07:41:00.000+01:002008-07-01T07:41:00.000+01:00We put up a barn owl box a couple f years ago and ...We put up a barn owl box a couple f years ago and this year we have them nesting. Last evening when we came home there was an owlet on the ground being fed.<BR/><BR/>For pictures of them in their box go here<BR/><BR/>http://haveringhavers.blogspot.com/2008/06/springwatch-final-frontier.html<BR/><BR/>http://haveringhavers.blogspot.com/2008/06/springwatch-next-generation.htmlRichard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-20618810646873958102008-06-30T21:47:00.000+01:002008-06-30T21:47:00.000+01:00Well if you've still got barn owls Malty, you've g...Well if you've still got barn owls Malty, you've got something pretty wonderful- we lost them years ago round here. Magical birds. Grey wagtails thriving around Carshalton Ponds, more each year...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-65823325542704819722008-06-30T21:34:00.000+01:002008-06-30T21:34:00.000+01:00lucky man Nige, we are having a poor year for butt...lucky man Nige, we are having a poor year for butterflies, we only ever see maybe half a dozen common species, but in abundance, we had planted a lot of buddlia some years ago, in the past three weeks we have had cool wet weather, now there are hardly any butterflies, not even Cabbage White, also this year our frog population has been decimated, a combination of Heron and late frost, this means our Barn Owls have to hunt further afield. Also absent are the Grey Wagtails, a lovely sight bobbing up and down the burn, the Long Tailed Tit tribe seems to be larger, their preferred haunt is the birch grove, the Chaffinch population was large, now decimated by the Jays, Saw a strange sight yesterday, A Kestrel caught a young Blackbird, dropped it on the track and then pursued it on foot (or claw). Don't go near the BA blog, 1966 all over again.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com