Hi Annie
Sorry I’ve taken so long to reply! I have been pretty much hogless for a while – can’t remember when that last happened, other than hibernation, but I suppose it was bound to happen some time. One night during the absences I did see one hog on video briefly but don’t know how it got back where it came from – must have been an invisibility cloak again! Am still hoping for some hoglets to appear!
I counted more than 40 starlings this evening on people’s roofs and aerials nearby. Lovely to see them all. Haven’t seen froggy and friend for a while and of course all the blackbirds have disappeared for the moment. It seems like we suddenly went from full Summer to Autumn! The hogs could be forgiven if they got a bit confused.
The cat has been having a field day in the hogs’ absence. I have put some water trays down, under the perspex, with just a narrow path so that theoretically the cat should have to turn immediately left or right to avoid the second lot of water. But the cat, it seems is not only good at limbo dancing, it can also stretch sideways over a water tray (at least a foot wide) at the same time and remember the manoeuvre so that it could do it in reverse, rapidly, when I unexpectedly opened the window! It managed not to step in any of the water at all. Hilarious to see it on video!
Good to hear you still have hogs there. The lights sound good. I have a small collection of solar lights, but ones you can aim so the light stays mostly low down, but I usually leave the outside light on for a couple of hours so I can see any hogs that arrive, then when I turn that light off the solar ones come on (they are light sensitive).
Glad to hear you are managing to keep the cupboards stocked again. It was a bit of a problem at the beginning of lockdown. Stay safe.
