Hi Nic
Time has flown again, been trying to stay sane to be honest as life is so weird still.
Such a shame to be hog free & have marauding cats getting past your water trap, must be a crafty cat as they’re supposed to work well. I’ve stopped putting the cameras out as looking at footage on the laptop afterwards is such a problem, have to be feeling very patient to want to sit & struggle with viewing them so relying on actually spotting out the garden or observing the nicely emptied dishes.
The noise of crunching Tesco kitten biscuits can be clearly heard every evening & have had some funny episodes watching some quite large hogs pursuing each other round the garden very noisily! Minx is having a whale of a time after dark & has even got blaise about them as she’s seen so many. Long may it continue, hopefully yours are making themselves seen again in your garden.
Starlings have all but disappeared after noisily spending so long here most of the summer, blackbirds & robin have just reappeared, thousands (seems that number!) of sparrows still here & many gangs of long tailed tits flitting about in the trees.
Last week a nearby house had two trees demolished in the street by their wall, they weren’t large trees at all but the collared doves used them a lot. Barren brick wall now, even the grass that was along the wall next to the pavement is gone & replaced with pale coloured gravel. No soul.
Ridiculously hot day today, our weather is bonkers, nothing like the appalling heat they’re having in America with those terrible fires though. You mess with the ecology of the planet at your peril.
Hope you’re well & enjoying your wildlife, come back froggies & hogs, all is forgiven!
