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I do hope his healing won't be set back by his bandage coming off.

My three moggies received their annual postcard from the vet this week so we'll have to load up the ark (oh no! that was 2 by 2) to get them there. It's quite a palaver first getting all of them in their baskets without losing an eye or being torn to shreds. Always have to catch the difficult one first so that she doesn't have too much time to get the wind up seeing what's going on with the others. Then getting them all strapped in the car. Then they all sing to pass the time on the journey. Wouldn't mind but then they all behave impeccably at the vets.

I managed to get photos of the young Woodpecker this morning It was on the dead tree trunk.I snapped it through the downstairs window,but if I had been upstairs in bed I could have taken it from there lol
Will send it to you Jude.

Thanks Jane....will take alook at email in a mo:o)

DizzieLizzie....his wound is clean, we had to take it off yesterday as instructed by vet.

My sister has that problem with her old cat, she just goes completely mad.

Now Madoc is a gem, he just loves going there,infact the vet remarked how good he is, he sits, lays down and rolls over and just layed there whilst they put the 2 staples in.....he really is a gem:o)

jude

Nothing to do with birds, but anyone interested in helping to help someone please check out Daff's thread ( Sommat nice, Hanging baskets and Moustachios on chat) thanks PM me if you want to know more

Ann,have done that.Thanks for spreading the word.

At long last we've found the software discs again for our camera so I've been able to download the few photos that were in the camera to the computer. Our old computer died earlier this year and we needed to load the software onto the new ones (posh - we have a laptop each now) but just could not find the discs. They'd got tucked away well safe during the moving and unpacking process. So now I may be able to upload a few to your blog again Jude.

Typical me:o((((( l can't find how to get into my blog...doh....since losing everything on the pc its not now in bookmarks etc and l can't remember the site name, can someone pm with it....ta:o))
Jane got your photo's, they are brilliant:o))

DizzieLizzie....yeh that will be great, even more so if l can get into the blog...lol

jude x

When I'm uploading my photos I'll try to remember to pm you with the address. Hope to do it later today.

Just seen in the paper that the number of kestrels is declining, they think because of the cold winter.

Jude ,have pm'd you.
I got a pic of a Heron today.It was standing in the horses field next to the water trough .I wonder if it was hoping to find some fish lol
I also saw the woodpecker again on the dead tree and it disappeared into a hole!!!!.Then the Red Kite, and when out with the dog I saw a Hare.So I have seen all sorts today .
The squirrels have pinched all the Hazelnuts from our tree and have left all the husks on the lawn lol.There can't be much nut there as they are all green.

Thanks Jane, l got it now and yes its the one:o))

jude

Thanks DizzieLizzie...all sorted:o)

2 photo's of Janes Woodpeckers...Green on the blog:o)

jude

PS...fancy not knowing my own blog...lol

I was so excited just now.There was a Barn Owl sat on the dead tree trunk.Too dark to take a photo ,plus I didn't have the camera outside.It didn't stay long,but I'm hoping now it has landed there once ,it might come back again.

My neighbours put a new lining in their fishpond the day before yesterday,so it is all clear and clean again .They counted 50 fish.Since then the Heron has been flying over our house,heading their way !!!!!!!!.They do have a metal grill over the pond so I'm hoping all the fish are still there.

My OH made a cover for our fishpond from some agricultural netting and some timber after we saw a heron by it. Have only lost a couple of fish since, when they have jumped out of the pond in a mating frenzy, and we have not seen them until too late.

I was reading today how otters, if they get too hungry will go into gardens and take the fish one man lost his really valuable large koi Carp that he'd had years.

We rescued another greenfinch yesterday, it hit the window. Put it in the garage for about half hr and it flew off fine:o)) very dazed at first:o(( bless it.

Madoc....his staples are still in, should come out Monday. He won't have an op just yet, see how the lump goes, vet thinks it has shrunk slightly:o))

The advice the rspb gave me re the finch desease.......is empty bird baths at night and keep dry till the morning. He thinks the desease is encouraged by moisture, hence other birds pass it on in the water. So we do as he suggested.

Would love to see an otter in the garden, next door have fish and the other side has just built a pond. We are'nt far from the river and have seen them on the banks:o))

jude

My neighbour with the new lining in the fish pond has a 3 foot snake(grass I think).I said I would like a pic of it.So she will ring me when it is there,and hopefully I can dash down with camera.It swims in her pond ,and then lies on the stones around the pond.
Fingers crossed for Macoc's lump Jude.My Chester has a few lumps .One in particular bothers me but the vet says it is ok ,just to keep an eye on it.

Jane, sounds like a grass snake, thats how they behave, and are quite harmless. We used to get a lot round here, but have disappeared over the years. Frogs and toads we have plenty of, they love to get in the space around the drains, lift up a cover and ther is almost always one there. Birds have deserted us altogether since spring.

We had a little visitor this morning.I was woken by the sound of a lot of fluttering .It was a sparrow that had somehow flown in our bedroom window.Luckily the drawn curtain kept it from flying into the room.I just reached in behind the curtain and pushed the window a bit wider and off it flew.