Saturday 10th May 2014

What a weather pattern today. A gorgeous morning with blue sky and long periods of sun with temp' reaching 19c by 11am. All changed by mid-afternoon. Heavy showers ending with a whirlwind type storm at 5pm. Branch from the Silver Birch down & pots over. 22mm of rain recorded in a period of just 30 minutes.
               Lazy day just watching and admiring the antics of the Starlings. Our four fledged this morning but at one point this morning 37 were counted on the lawn around the feeder. You can imagine it was also a pretty noisy day! The standard size feeder of suet sticks was re-filled 5 times. Will for the future just fill morning and night to encourage the chicks to fend for themselves from grubs in the lawn and garden.
Adult Starlings tidied up the nest box taking out droppings and un-eaten bugs and then continued to enter the box during the afternoon. Feel sure we will see another brood.
The Swift Call CD is now hanging out of the bedroom window. Fingers crossed now for some success this season. Whatever happens, it is already good news that Swifts have returned to the area. Many memories eh Boyo?
Pictures 1 - 4 - Starling Fledglings.
      "            5 - During the storm. There was another Rainbow, much lighter in colour.