Nothing to do with hedgehogs, but the House Sparrows are going absolutely crazy for my variegated weigela and berberis thunbergii right now. Must be all the grubs and spider larvae that are hatching out. There were 4 or 5 Sparrows all chattering to each other today.
Only a Robin and Great Tit seem interested in my bird feeders.
I have once seen a Sparrowhawk perched on my garden wall – I think it had it’s eye on the local Pigeon population, but it’s not around any more. And there is usually a Peregrine Falcon nesting nearby but haven’t heard a squawk from it at all for a year, so maybe it’s perished.
Too early for the Swifts to turn up – still in N. Africa if they’ve got any sense.
Jeremy.
