birdtown is fine young daws is between demanding and getting on with it, a lot more sparrows than last year
insects etc, oh dear
there have been far more sparrows , wrens etc and still many insects etc
here some bits of the invertebrate food chain seem to be at extinction level, many other things are very reduced in numbers or diversity of species in the group
i am about to make it worse to make it better, a huge bramble has to go for access and to save that bit of wall and have access for assorted upgrades, tragic, but it needs doing to create a lot of space to do the mending and creating new more better things
The bramble will come back; possibly next year it will be as exuberant as ever. Judging by the red ant that bit me on Friday night, there are plenty of invertebrates round our way.
no, it won't come back, it has to go before the root ball destroys an almost decent wall corner
the wall most of it rests on is very borderline between repair and replace
implements of destruction and poison will precede concrete
planting in the new deep bed will include spiky stuff(roses maybe), bird fruit and spikes seems plausible
the mice will have to relocate from the small shed, potential homes will be provided, although i think they have a second home in the existing deep bed
Apart from 'is anything rat proof' that sounds like a good idea. I just wish mice were a bit more selective in what they eat as they have just chewed a hole in the middle of an old bit of hessian we used to put on the ground under the pole lathe to catch the bits. The bits are used as kindling in the kiln.
You could try something like a logan or tayberry which is thorny but not quite as rampant as bramble but will give fruit. For real thorns, berberus is very good; our son calls it barbarous having had to cut a hedge of it.
The flowers I mentioned a few days ago are no more. The council (have to find which one and complain) have had all the verges, including that bank, mowed. The hairbells are in the bushes at the back, so they won't be destroyed completely, but most of them that were starting to spread again are gone. Why they can't leave it until the autumn I really don't know. They did last year, and that was the result.
timing matters with such things, ignorance and calendar are often less than ideal
bird town has approx 20 to 25 sparrows, at least one clutch of 4 siblings and a few 2 and 3 groups of youngsters
the 3 daws are doing well, the young one is still demanding food, they are showing it how to find it, i have not yet had enough light at the right time for daw family photos
I have complained to our local councillor who I know a bit. She has said she will pass it on, but didn't seem particularly bothered and seems to think is in the interests of 'tidyness'. It looks a real mess now all along the road where they have missed the bits on the roadside and left grass cuttings which are already turning brown.
Covids seem to take time over training their young. I once saw a pair supervising early flying lessons for their young one. It had just done a vertical pancake landing in the hedge; wings out and flat to the hedge. They seemed to be explaining that wasn't quite the right way of landing.
worse than blackthorn
timing matters with such things, ignorance and calendar are often less than ideal
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