On 2013-04-11 16:35:21 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:56:03 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2013-04-11 13:36:12 +0100, David Hill said:

On 11/04/2013 09:00, Sacha wrote:
We saw it again this morning, in its original spot by the cedar tree.
But this time, it was dive-bombing a rook on the ground! What an
exhausting life! Anyhow, it was swooping back and forth, and seemed to
be trying to get the rook away, so that suggested to us that it is
probably nesting lower down in that tree, or somewhere closeby.

Strange.
This afternoon as I was having lunch I was watching a Collard Dove
giving a Magpie hell, it wouldn't leave it in peace, just kept after
it..

Perhaps the dove has eggs and the magpie knows it! Some of the rooks
are still nest-building. I saw a female flying up into the tree with a
twig in her mouth, so either she's a late starter, or she's doing
running repairs!

or one of Noah's. Was it an olive twig?
We had torrential rain all night. The temperature peaked at 11C and is
back down to 7C.
Could this be autumn?

We have had showers, a serious but short downpour and now it's dry
again. We also had plenty of bouts of sunshine and it did feel like a
spring day for much of the time. X fingers!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk