January 2023

13 January 2023 Branched!! I was out early this morning to check on the rat trap .  .  . nothing; up to the roof, up […]

20 January 2023 A roller-coaster ride .   .   .   . and a magical evening! On Tuesday evening I heard the angry HOOO!!! threat calls of […]

09 January 2023 Some Progress For the past week, the male has moved from his ‘normal’ roost in the Evergreen Oak and has been roosting […]

03 January 2023 Figuring things out I’ve been less than complimentary about the female’s strange behaviour when she started laying a second clutch just after […]

30 December 2022 This is no “Mother of the Year” candidate!! For the past few days the new chick has been on the roof below […]

26 December 2022 37 days old .  .  .  . and out and about. When I looked over the wall this morning to check on […]

22 December 2022 Thirty three days old .   .   . and slow progress! Because of the tiny size of the new chick, I’ve been increasing […]

20 December 2022 Failing experiment ? When I got back from ‘our’ trout farm on Monday afternoon, there was a guy photographing something in the […]

15 December 2022 Twenty-five days old When I looked over the wall to check on the nest at 12:30 today, I was greeted with a […]

12 December 2022 Some good news at last After being missing for several days, the remaining fledgeling was reported on the car park awning yesterday […]

09 December 2022 Worrying times For the past few days, one of the first brood chicks has been roosting in the Willow in front of […]