Greatbluehopefuls nest box 2019 & 2020 - Kildare,Ireland
Mar 13, 2020 10:34:07 GMT
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Post by greatbluehopeful on Mar 13, 2020 10:34:07 GMT
Ah thanks for the well wishes folks!! Yes, fingers crossed the pair will keep at it and continue.
The dry moss comes into the box, then it gets removed and more gets brought in again....Theory: I wonder do they do this to deodorise the box? Or remove moisture perhaps.... what is the thinking behind it?
So, in an interesting turn of events, here I am sitting at home...the whole of Ireland in total lock down because of Covid 19
Little did I know my flippant comment yesterday would actually come to reality so suddenly!!! Its really bizarre...like being in a film.
Well...I intend to stay busy while all this madness is unfolding. Trying to stay clear headed and keeping anxiety at bay... it is worrying times.
We have started to develop a wildlife area to the front of our house....we invested in a number of bird and bee friendly trees - a Bird cherry tee, some Mountain Ash, Holly trees, Hazelnut tree, some Arbutus trees, a young Larch, and a Lilac tree and some different varieties of fruit baring pink & white decorative cherry trees for a bit of colour. Some have gone down last weekend and the rest will be finished going down this weekend.
We have started to let the grass grow wild in this area now and intend to put down bluebells and other similar forestry type ground plants such as fern etc.
To the side of the house, I'm creating a little orchard area and putting down an apple, a pear and a plum tree.
Then to back, at some point in the future , we will create a pond area.
So, in situations like this where people are heard to say "I won't let the grass grow under my feet"....I will in fact, be doing the exact opposite! ha,ha!!!
Oh yes, and one other bit of exciting news is we have a hedgehog visiting in our garden....he's very friendly and doesn't seem to bother about us being there...but we won't interfere with him/her either. I hope to put a hedgehog box down in the Autumn...maybe with another camera???? lol!!!!
The dry moss comes into the box, then it gets removed and more gets brought in again....Theory: I wonder do they do this to deodorise the box? Or remove moisture perhaps.... what is the thinking behind it?
So, in an interesting turn of events, here I am sitting at home...the whole of Ireland in total lock down because of Covid 19
Little did I know my flippant comment yesterday would actually come to reality so suddenly!!! Its really bizarre...like being in a film.Well...I intend to stay busy while all this madness is unfolding. Trying to stay clear headed and keeping anxiety at bay... it is worrying times.
We have started to develop a wildlife area to the front of our house....we invested in a number of bird and bee friendly trees - a Bird cherry tee, some Mountain Ash, Holly trees, Hazelnut tree, some Arbutus trees, a young Larch, and a Lilac tree and some different varieties of fruit baring pink & white decorative cherry trees for a bit of colour. Some have gone down last weekend and the rest will be finished going down this weekend.
We have started to let the grass grow wild in this area now and intend to put down bluebells and other similar forestry type ground plants such as fern etc.
To the side of the house, I'm creating a little orchard area and putting down an apple, a pear and a plum tree.
Then to back, at some point in the future , we will create a pond area.
So, in situations like this where people are heard to say "I won't let the grass grow under my feet"....I will in fact, be doing the exact opposite! ha,ha!!!
Oh yes, and one other bit of exciting news is we have a hedgehog visiting in our garden....he's very friendly and doesn't seem to bother about us being there...but we won't interfere with him/her either. I hope to put a hedgehog box down in the Autumn...maybe with another camera???? lol!!!!
