Bird, wildlife and flower log, 14-20 April 2014

Hello :) well the bank holiday weekend has turned out to be a mix of weather. Sunday felt like a rainy dull day in November for most of it.

The Camellia is going over now, but this is a photo I took a couple of weeks ago when it was looking its best.

Camellia © 2014 Natasha Forder

Last week was a great week for watching the blue tits. A pair is nesting in the roof next door. So while I am washing up I can watch them coming and going. Last week they were back to their usual tricks of steeling the coco fibres from the half wall baskets on the garage. Three years of blue tits nests as well as the blackbird getting in on the act this year is leaving them somewhat worse for wear!

The hole is small where they get in to the roof and if they have too much coco fibre they have trouble getting in. So they sit on the fence post and re-arrange it and then try again!

The thrush has been back this week, adding a bit more competition for the mealworms.

Birds	Wildlife and Insects	Flowers
Great spotted woodpecker - female	Grey squirrels	Camellia
Chaffinch - male, female	Brimstone yellow butterfly	Yellow flowered shrub
Greenfinch - male, female	Peacock butterfly	Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
Blue tit - adult	Large white butterfly	Bluebell
Great tit - adult	Pond Skater	Primrose
Coal tit	Bee-fly	Muscari
Siskin - male, female	Bumblebee	Forsythia
Robin - adult		Clematis (hardy variety)
Magpie - adult		Viburnum tinus (I think)
Crow - adult		Hellebore (green flower)
Woodpigeon - adult, juvenile		Forget-me-not
Collared dove - adult		Pansy
Nuthatch		Dandelion
Blackbird - male, female		Aubrieta
Goldfinch		Tulip
Dunnock		Viola
Wren		Lilac (white)
Jay
Thrush
Blackcap