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[C.C.]

The tulips have finally opened, spring has been late this year.  We have a pair of robins setting up house in the cedar at our front door. No eggs yet, they're still in the process of building the nest.

[CLKD]

Our robins R on their 2nd brood.  They are always nervy when not feeding 

[Taz2]

Yes ours are on their second brood too as are the blackbirds. First baby starling arrived this evening. A week early this year.

[CLKD]

The 1st starlling-et arrived here yesterday, with all the noise in our attic I would have thought that there were 100s up there 

[Taz2]

Our first baby starling arrived on Friday which is a week early for here. We've got four this morning but expecting it to pick up over the next few days watching the number of starlings flying off from the bird table with full beaks - over twenty this morning. I love them. One of my favourite birds.

We have a hedgehog who is a "screamer". She was such a tease with one of the males last night and for four hours they did the "will she wont she" dance. Every time he got close she would scream, whistle and "beep" at him till he wandered off for a drink or some more hedgehog biscuits. She wouldn't run off but wait till he sniffed her out again and then give him what for!  What a racket. Went on from 9 till 1.30 when they moved off and I could still hear them an hour after that further along our road. I'm not sure the neighbours appreciated it - I've only just got them more hedgehog tolerant too!

Taz x 

[CLKD]

 . at least ours at the snuffling/huffing stage thus far.  I could hear them last night when leaning out of the 1st floor bathroom window 

Jackdaws, starlings and blackbirds are following the wren for meal worms.

Small blue butterflies around too.

[Taz2]

It's not so much a stage. This particular hedgie reacts to the snuffling and huffing with ear piercing screams so we get a soundscape of both. She seems to be our only female being courted by four males who spend much of their time fighting while she tucks into the biscuits   

[CLKD]

A girl after my own heart 

Wren was round my feet earlier, the feeder was out of meal worms 

[CLKD]

There is a sparrow hawk on our neighbours' lawn, tucking into something black.  The air is noisy with warning calls.  He's down to the claws now ...........

[Taz2]

Probably one of your blackbirds 

[CLKD]

Survival of the fittest  .  We feed them regularly so it's like C.mas for sparrow hawks, which also means that there will be plenty of extra grub for a female left behind.  All 3 are feeding nestlings ......

[Taz2]

How many sparrowhawk's do you have? We has E a female all year round and she is joined by a male during nesting season. Still not forgiven her for taking our female bullfinch 

[CLKD]

We see one as quick as a flash.   Probably the female.  It wasn't close enough to make out yesterday.  I am yes/no about bullfinches that peck the flowering buds of fruit trees 

[jaypo]

One thing I'm going to miss so much when we move to this house in Scotland is the wildlife,deer,foxes,kites 

[Taz2]

I am yes/no about bullfinches that peck the flowering buds of fruit trees 

We only have one pair so the apple and plum trees can cope with losing some buds. I'd still prefer seeing the bullfinches than picking the fruit though