1st: Birds and Brash
High winds over Christmas and the New Year brought down a few branches in the garden and today we finally got around to clearing them. Most were from an ornamental maple and a very annoying palm tree that we have, in previous years, cut right back, only to see it grow again. We took the opportunity to cut it right back again today and we also took some of the longer maple branches off too that would probably have been at risk in future storms. The whole lot, along with some of the ornamental pear trimmings are now one huge brash pile at the top of Goat field, the idea being they will provide homes and shelter and perching for a wide variety of invertebrates and vertebrates alike.
Meanwhile, on the bird front, we continue to thoroughly enjoy the increasing amount of bird song and brighter feathering amongst the song birds. As far as they are all concerned, spring is very close and flirting is well under way!!
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