Hi Annie
That’s so annoying, when it disappears like that. It’s happened to me a few times – that’s why there are about 4 versions of one of my posts on here – because I reported it and they were all put back on! Not what I really wanted, but never mind. At that time they were between Hedgehog Officers, but I recently got round to reporting it again, when someone else mentioned they’d had the same problem. It seems to happen if it’s quite a long post and then you edit it. I’ve taken to writing mine on a document and copying it over, so at least I have a copy of most of it, even if I’ve changed a bit. But hopefully they will sort it out fairly soon. But they are such small organisations that I don’t think they have special departments for that sort of thing. Also reported that the newest posts often don’t show, if you aren’t signed in.
So sorry to hear about poor Nala. That’s really horrible. So sad. It seems there are hazards around all over the place. You must miss her.
Yes, Siili is still visiting. The cats have been such a pest. Siili has to duck down a little bit to get under the sheeting, but one of the cats is still getting under there – literally crawling on its belly. I’m trying to encourage Siili to go into the box by leaving a little trail. The bowl is sometimes empty, but because of all the paraphernalia to keep the cat out, the camera doesn’t catch whoever is going in. I really can’t see how it can be the cat – I would have thought it would be easier for the camera to pick up and also that if it had managed to get in it would have pushed something out of the way. But just in case I put the hog food out first and then go and add some cat biscuits quite late and hope that Siili gets there first. But Siili is also often seen foraging on the lawn, which is good.
I’ve got a jackdaw who visits who has quite a lot of white bits. Quite a character. It also gets under the sheeting to help finish off the hog food and usually pushes the bowl along. The starling also go under. Little squabblers! One of them made me laugh. There are some sheets of mesh on the top (part of the cat deterrant from the box) and instead of going under like all the others it managed, with difficulty, to squeeze through. My naughty wood pigeon visitors seem to have told their friends about my garden – there were 4 today. There have only been 2 for years, or 3 when there was a youngster. I wouldn’t mind, but they stop the other birds from feeding. But it does make me laugh seeing them balancing on the hanging feeder saucer. Like your crows, I imagine.
How lovely that you have flowers on your escallonia. There still seem to be some bees, etc, in the garden and the other day I saw a red admiral butterfly, but the steady stream of wasps going backwards and forwards to the roof seems to have stopped. I don’t know why wasps get such a bad press. The pollinate as well and eat pests.
Yes, my newest feed box is a bit leaky, too. But at the moment it isn’t being used – other than by woodlice!
Yes, those hoglets have been lovely to watch. They’ve grown so fast. I agree re. the blobbers.
