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Post by dirtyboots on Mar 31, 2008 7:00:14 GMT
Because they are back !! Swallows ;D We have them every year nesting in the barns and in the donkey's stable, it's OK until they start dive bombing me while I'm mucking out We have also seen 2 cuckoos but not heard them yet  |
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Post by Barbara on Mar 31, 2008 7:20:24 GMT
had a very large bee trying to batter its way through our front window yesterday  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 31, 2008 7:24:20 GMT
It really must be spring as the starlings are back.......last week!!
RF
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Post by dirtyboots on Mar 31, 2008 7:33:23 GMT
Yes RF they are here too, saw one yesterday nest building and it had a beak full of twigs almost as big as it'self!
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 31, 2008 7:38:41 GMT
Then Spring has to be here then if they are back in France as well.....I think they were a lot later last year - mind you we had summer in April last year!!
I haven't seen any swallows yet though.
RF
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Post by Amo on Mar 31, 2008 7:45:31 GMT
We have starlings nesting under the soffit boads outside our bedroom again. I did ask OH if he would block up their hole in the winter, they make such a racket starting at about 4 in the morning.  We had a pair of house martins build a nest on the neighbours house that overlooks our forecourt. It was lovely. Hope they come back this year. There was quite a bit of interest from other house martins in where they had chosen too so we might have more. |
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Post by Ruthie on Apr 1, 2008 19:38:29 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 1, 2008 19:52:20 GMT
The Blue Tits are busy deciding which nest box they like the best in our garden. (We have a few that our 2 boys have made over the years!)
I love the way Blue Tits fly in up and down swoops (can't think of a more technical way to put it!) and once they have decided which Blue Tits are having which box they just fly straight in. The little entrance hole doesn't look like it could possibly be big enough to squeeze through!
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 2, 2008 6:52:03 GMT
Cos ive got flowers on my broad beans |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 2, 2008 7:18:22 GMT
I've got the sim problem Jasmine - but mine are great tits - they keep trying to make the hole bigger - they are swooping about my garden but not sure if they have decided to make their home with me as yet I keep hearing a chipping noise as they hammer away inside trying to enlarge the hole - they are not making much progress - I cant interfere  Glad your beans are flowering FB ;D |
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We had a pair of house martins build a nest on the neighbours house that overlooks our forecourt. It was lovely. Hope they come back this year. There was quite a bit of interest from other house martins in where they had chosen too so we might have more. 
