Wildlife Corner

Is the mouse doing any harm. If the answer is no then I would just leave it alone. If you get the chance to watch them in close up they are quite charming.

Many thanks to you Dave. 2 is an excellent idea and you're right! I'll give that a go. First the birds need to realise my table has seed on it, all day today only a single blue tit bothered eating any, though a starling did walk across it to have a look over the other side. The other 2 answers...

You can paint a baby's cot with gloss paint now. Shame, 'cos I must have really used to like the taste of the old lead based paint.

Woo, well caught.:gnthb:

Hi Kandy thank you ,he has,nt been back since ,must be all the Fireworks going off

Sparrows know what they like ClaraLou. They love my peas and sweet peas and in season they won't leave them alone. As for eating them - well, it seems a shame. How many would you need to make meal ? But wild boar is lovely and I have no problem with that on the menu.

Remember her from last year? She is back on her nest in California with one egg so far.. You can find I live webcam here..

I took your advice Loopy and yesterday bought a bag of straw and put loads in the box. I also put a dish of cat food and some water out - the food had gone this morning but it could have been a cat! We have been finding several black "poos" on the path too so I think I may be in luck

Female House Sparrow.

Truly magical...............:thumb:

I hope it helps and they find a 'cure'. The world without bees would be a sorry place. And a very different place!

Great to hear it DR, I go to the Wirral (Birkenhead) quite a lot and it's a great (and safe) place for bird watching.

As far as I know the European Swallows and Martins aren't suffering with the Mite problem that the American Purple Martins are and I hope they don't. Incidently I think we have only ever had one record of a Purple Martin in the UK in 2004.

There is a squirel thread running in non gardening chat. Must be that time of year.

I'd love to see your sparrows Pamsdish, but I can't see a pic or a link. Is there something missing ?

I have seen cormorants on our local canal and that is Shropshire which is some distance from the sea.

We couldn't wait until the weekend, so decided to take a visit today. Lovely views from the viewpoint in your second pic, trouble was it was raining but we will definately mark it as somewhere to explore on a better day. I can't believe we have never been there...it only took 15 minutes to get...

thanks gogs -no news yet am sort of happy sad at the moment loopy

I envy you your problem. I had a small pond put in my garden for the express purpose of encouraging frogs to spawn but they never have. :cry: Yet I have seen frogs in my garden a couple of times. What I wouldn't give!My problem was also an abundance of slugs and snails but in the end, I got...