WHAT ELSE I SAW TODAY

[Jacksparrow]

I was tidying up the garden this afternoon and decided rather than keep walking to and fro to the garden waste wheelie bin I would take the bin to the rubbish. I carefully pulled the bin out from where I keep it between the fortnightly collections as there is often a frog underneath. Today there was no frog but there was a mouse nest complete with babies There were all pink and hairless and obviously very young as the last time I moved the bin was about 10 days ago and they was no sign of a nest then.
PS Photos to follow

[Jacksparrow]

[Jacksparrow]

Empty nest today. All the babies gone. I did wonder whether the mother would shift them once the nest had been discovered. I had made arrangements to cover the nest with another wheelie bin while the brown one was out for rubbish collection but there was no need.

[Willpar]

Hopefully mother moved them JS.

[Butterfly]

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Are you sure these were mouse babies? I've never seem mouse babies this young but I imagined them to look a bit different . These look like squirrel babies to me

[Jacksparrow]

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Are you sure these were mouse babies? I've never seem mouse babies this young but I imagined them to look a bit different . These look like squirrel babies to me

Unfortunately my photo doesn't give much clue to the size of the babies. I said at the start that the nest was under a wheelie bin so whoever the parent is has to be able to limbo underneath it. Mouse was a guess but I think not far out.

[Willpar]

Would agree with mouse JS.

[Jacksparrow]

The garden has now fallen very quiet but I did get a visit from the Squirrel which likes to feast on the sunflower hearts.

[Willpar]

Getting more quiet here also. Not so many starling visits. But the sparrows keep coming.

[Willpar]

Seen my first lizard of the new season this morning. Minus a good part of it`s tail. And it is not even sunny.