tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post3010395066447622803..comments2023-04-04T09:31:49.481+02:00Comments on Aigronne Valley Wildlife: Wol oi'm blowed!Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-84665361216088192712013-03-21T09:19:02.462+01:002013-03-21T09:19:02.462+01:00Gaynor...
apologies for not replying earler...
for...Gaynor...<br />apologies for not replying earler...<br />forgot to after responding to Susan... <br />something must have distracted me... <br />probably a cat!<br /><br />It wasn't a good spot at all... <br />more of a lucky one... <br />I picked up the binos to see where that "lump of grass" had come from...<br />and realized that it was a "live" lump!<br />We keep binos and a bird book on the bedroom window sill... <br />and the same in the "guest" room...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-52674500940740092352013-03-21T09:12:01.326+01:002013-03-21T09:12:01.326+01:00No don't dump those, they are fine.
The ones i...No don't dump those, they are fine.<br />The ones in the pictures are rooted stumps of Crack Willow. They were the marker sticks of the 17 species that were in the nursery bed area... I just chopped of the tree at chest height!! If they survive, I will cut them again a foot lower and turn them into short pollards... the ones that I can't get out of the "pond" that is the part of the meadow that they are growing in, will be cut off at about knee height to give a very low pollard... almost a coppice on a stump.<br /><br />The result will create a scrub habitat for nesting birds... and a source of pole / biomass for us.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-26531968065291699412013-03-20T17:37:43.365+01:002013-03-20T17:37:43.365+01:00Great spot that and well photographed thro the sco...Great spot that and well photographed thro the scope.<br /><br />We did not realise that the willow cuttings needed to be soooo big. T'internet said small 1/4 to 1/2" in diam. Should we dump these we have in water for you?Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-2665672471651586212013-03-20T11:56:16.481+01:002013-03-20T11:56:16.481+01:00Perfect Barn Owl land around there... big open fie...Perfect Barn Owl land around there... big open fields to hunt over....<br />but also roads to cross... low... and risk being hit by cars.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-55289341835217528482013-03-20T10:30:59.456+01:002013-03-20T10:30:59.456+01:00Brilliant camouflage!
Here's hoping he/she d...Brilliant camouflage! <br /><br />Here's hoping he/she decides your place is a des-res hunting ground and stays around.<br /><br />Saw a barn owl yesterday evening as I was driving home from Tours :-) [between St Senoch & St Flovier]Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-1983503452589372602013-03-20T10:07:04.408+01:002013-03-20T10:07:04.408+01:00Very, Susan, but highly unlikely... there is a bit...Very, Susan, but highly unlikely... there is a bit too much activity on both sides of the Aigronne... me on one side, fisherfolk on the other.<br />But just to have it hunting here is nice to watch.<br /><br />The big Barn Owl box is up at last, by the way!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-40466370276635477482013-03-20T09:42:58.373+01:002013-03-20T09:42:58.373+01:00It will be exciting if they nest!It will be exciting if they nest!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-59238483682407973232013-03-20T07:05:52.321+01:002013-03-20T07:05:52.321+01:00Well spotted! The camouflage was wxcellent.Well spotted! The camouflage was wxcellent.GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.com