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mr and Mrs Blackbird have stepped up the pace bring food to the nest. They are not straying far from my garden which is just as well as there are cats sitting around in neighbouring properties. I have not attempted to go anywhere near the nest site so the number of nestlings is unknown.

The fine weather woke the butterflies in my garden today. Orange Tips were the main aviators but a lonely Holly Blue also put in an appearance.

The baby feeding continues although not as frequent as I thought it might be by this time.

Willpar wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2026 10:40 pm That is how mine started JS, dying off in the upper branches.

Doesn't sound great for my tree. I will keep a close eye on it his year, so if there is a poor crop of berries again I will get advice from a tree surgeon on what to do next.

I got around to cutting the last 2 branches from the rowan. Just have the trunk to deal with now. So out of the 2 branches left only 1 was healthy, the other being dead.
I have been losing branches out of the top of my Rowan for some time now but here are still plenty of good branched nearer the ...

Willpar wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2026 1:31 pm Todays sightings confirmed. 4 Peacock. 1 Red Admiral. and 2 Speckled Wood.

Good spots willpar. Things are starting to crank up down there.

There was a medium sized white butterfly in my garden today. It must have been an Orange Tip but a positive ID was impossible. Yesterday a Holly Blue whizzed past my head and disappeared into some holly.

I think there are now hatchlings. Mum and Dad have started visiting the nest frequently especially in the morning.

Those bells are well ahead of the game. Having said that the ones in my garden have flower stalks with heads of unopened flowers. I'm forecasting about two weeks to blooms.

SnappyMac wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:19 pm

Jacksparrow wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 8:37 pm First cut of the year today. The moss has been busy in some parts so I will be revving up the scarifier shortly for a full attack.

I thought it was at least 3 months off Jack

I like it knee high for the birds but not myself.