It's Not All Doom & Gloom!

A couple more sick Greenfinches appeared in the garden on Tuesday.
Head tucked under wing, he goes to sleep

I'm doing all I can in keeping the feeders clean - and I'm following the BTOs advice of still feeding them. The BTO have said it's better that the birds come and feed at a clean feeding station than being forced to go and look somewhere else and ending up at a dirty one!

It's not all doom and gloom, however, (apart from the weather!) - our little Blue Tit lodger returned to the nest box on Monday and roosted overnight. I have no pictures though as he returned after dark and left too early for the camera to pick him up! I know he's been in the box, though, because of the, erm, poo :o)

Also, I'm pretty sure we have a hedgehog (or hedgehogs, maybe?) in Hog House today as I placed some more straw in the entrance and it's gone. I'm not risking peeking at the moment - it's getting close to hibernation time and I don't want to put them off. I'll probably use the straw technique to monitor things for now!