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I will look at it on the main pc tomorrow Jude but it is not too clear.

l will also keep looking to see if it is still about here, very strange looking.

jude x

Twice yesterday we had a very young blackbird (female\) in the garden, it could just about fly but didn't have all its tail feathers. It was hopping around the lawn in the afternoon and didn't fly off when I tok some mealy worms out and threw them in front of it. It ate quite a few. In the evening she re-visited after a bath (she was all wet) and had a very long drink at our water feature. Not seen her today but we were out a long time.

The Budleia continues to attract peacock butterflies and yeaterday we had a small Tortoiseshell

Morning everyone....just had email from Wildlife trust and here is a link to the Hornet Mimic hoverfly l had in the garden,never seen them before, but they are quite common....:)

http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/hornet-mimic-hoverfly

judex

Thanks Jude

ooh er Jude .I have never seen one of those before.You were lucky to see yours.

I have been sniffing around in the garage as there has been a nasty whiff.It was a dead mouse behind my tumble drier :-S.The heat must have been bringing the smell out :-S :-S..We have had to put poison down (which I hate having to do but sometimes it is necessary ).I just hope there aren't anymore dead ones as our garage is so full it is difficult to move a lot of the stuff.
I went back in just now and I think it smells ok now :-D :-D

Lol Jane visions of you sniffing around the garage :-D

I can sniff out anything Ann :-S..I have to say I am the only one in the house with a good sense of smell :-D..Thank heavens there is one of us :-D
I keep going in the garage now (it is just off the kitchen),and doing big sniffs lol.I can still smell something,but I think it might just be the left over poison granules that have been there for a while.(that is what I am hoping) .We will have another search tomorrow for any more bodies !!

Morning everyone:)

Just had a quick look at your blogs Ann:)

Some beautiful paintings and cards. Von yours and your OH's paintings are stunning :-)

Jane...love the pigeon having a wash :-)

Ann...your gt/gr-son looks a real smasher, lovely pics :-)

That hornet thing was amazing :-)

Can't wait for our decking to be finished then we can set the camera up to watch the wildlife in the woods.

Ann...shall l send pics of the decking with how it was to now, not finished but wow what a difference :-)

See ya all

jude xx

Keep sniffing Jane.

Glad you enjoyed your trip around the blogs Jude!!! Yes our Luke is lovely.

Yes sent me the photos please and I will add them.

Keep sniffing Jane...lol..

Ann...photo's onway, but more to come when back from Wetherspoons:)))))

jude xx

Jude's before decking photos are on the photo blog. The 'now' photos will follow later.

I'm still sniffing Ann ;-).Just got OH to sweep up all the stale poison that the little devils had scattered in difficult to get places.

There are 2 young Gt Tits just sitting in the tray of the window feeder.I think they have got to know that if they just stay in there they can munch away to their hearts content :-D
Will have a look at the blog now

My pics on way to Ann:)

jude x

And Jude's 'now' photos are on the blog as well. :-)

Lovely rose photo on photo blog from Von

What a beautiful Rose from Von :-D.I shared my bed the other night with a relative of that little green visitor :-S :-S.Luckily I managed to catch it and pop it out the window .

Wow Jude your new decking looks wonderful :-D.You must be very happy with it.

Shauns cucumbers are so much better than ours.I don't know what happened to them this year.We had a few and the rest were just rubbish.

Ann I sniffed out something again this morning in the garage :-S :-S.OH found loads of flies in there when he got up, so sprayed .I went in later and discovered a little patch the seemed to be 'moving' !!!.It was a mass of teeny weeny maggots .So I am guessing they were on what I had thought was some fluff from the tumble drier ,but it must have been 'fluff' from the remains of a mouse :-S :-S.I just hope there is nothing else lurking anywhere lol
I think a lot of birds must be having a day of rest.it has been very quiet,although plenty of Blackbirds on the lawn.

Hope you haven't found anything more in your garage Jane.

Where have all the birds gone? We just aren't seeing any at the moment, well apart from an occasional sparrow or blackbird. I put a load of chopped up fruit out yesterday, which usually attracts a few birds, but it is just sitting there untouched.

We also went for a walk in our local country park yesterday and only saw one blackbird and all we could hear in the woodland were pigeons. Actually we did hear one other bird that neither of us could identify - a sort of long drawn out wheeee.. with a little upward note at the end. As we only heard it but couldn't see it anywhere I've no idea what it was.

Oh well, I expect the birds will be back when the summer's over and there's not so much natural food available for them

We have a very large flock of Starlings that visit and an equally large flock of sparrows, an occasional blackbird, on small blue tit and a young robin, although not seen the last two for a coupld of days. We still have the collard doves eating us out of house and home. <3

I did a long post yesterday but it isn't here :-S.Maybe I didn't hit the submit button hard enough.Now I can't remember what I said lol

I was sitting outside just now and heard a noise coming from the Summerhouse.It was a little Sparrow trapped in there :-(.After 10 minutes or so trying to guide it out it finally went.Poor little thing must have been so frightened and exhausted.
There were hordes of Starlings on our Aerials and roof earlier chattering away.But they
suddenly all took off as swiftly as they had arrived.

Kandj says Hello :-D.Hopefully she will be able to join us again soon.