Hi Nic
Oh that’s good you have a couple of boys but some ladies would make it more interesting. You’ve beaten me hands down on nests in the roof then, wow, that’s a lot!
Last night I went out long before hogs are due to the feeders & put a dish of kitten biscuits down on the base of my home made feeder in the front garden & started filling the water dish. Then I noticed I’d left the cleaning brush there & went to pick it up but it was a massive hedgehog looking for supper. I’d touched it’s spikes & it twitched but didn’t move so I just put the roof closer to the side of the base to give hoggy some privacy & came back in the house. Opening the kitchen window I could hear the sound of happy crunching, peeped out the front door after a few minutes & there it was feasting away. The whole lot disappeared into hoggy so after it had gone I refilled the dish & put the roof back on. All gone this morning!
Just before going to bed I went out into Minx’s enclosure as she’d been watching back garden activities for hours. There was the sound of crunching from the feeder & a motion detector light came on as a huge hog went rapidly past & there was lots of huffing going on wherever he went as well as the crunching so a garden full of hogs I think. The amount & size of poo in the new feeder I need to scrub this afternoon is something Minx would be proud to have produced! Lots on the path too.
I laughed at your comment about letting the shingle fall through into my garden, as I’d considered digging a hole as well to help it on its way. They’ve put bricks to block the gap & keep the shingle in her garden but not well enough. Evil chuckle…. There are probably going to be beetles & things in the shingle & the slate pieces the lawn was replaced by so plenty for hogs to investigate if they get in there. The overgrown wildlife haven garden the other side has been razed to the ground with strimmer & lawn mower, the few shrubs have been hacked to stumps, all you can see is dog poo now where the dandelions were being pollinator food previously. No hog casualties though I think, which is just as well.
Squirrel is enjoying almonds & walnuts today as I’ve been informed peanuts aren’t very good food for them especially in any quantity. So funny watching it push up the lid flap with his/her head & rummage about inside the box selecting a nut then sitting on the platform munching away.
First group litter pick of the year tomorrow, a stream & surrounding filthy area half a mile from my house so I can walk there. Got my ticket as restricted numbers obviously, can’t wait.
