They will have a lovely spot which has trees for shade and is enclosed and safe. I've noticed while I've been working in the plot the many birds.
There is one blackbird who regularly comes down while I'm working and will be within inches of me. He's not frightened and is quite happy to look for titbits. There's also a wren nest and the pair are often to be found singing in the trees overhead, though sometimes the call sounds like a very shrill alarm.
In another tree there is a blue tit nest within the actual trunk of the tree. There are two small holes which the birds use to access and exit the nest. You can hear the babies and I spend minutes watching the parents fly in and out, their mouths crammed with tasty morsels.
Today when I went down I also came across a baby toad. Not sure where he came from as I cannot recall seeing any toad spawn in my pond this year. What I do have in my pond is five fish - I think they're minnows, but I do not know how they got there. I certainly never put them in as since I put the pond in three years ago it has been a wildlife pond - no fish allowed.
The only possibility is the heron, who has been a visitor over the winter, otherwise can anyone else explain how they got there?
I do love this time of year, everything is flourishing and in the sunlight everything looks fantastic. I'm looking forward to a drier summer than last year!
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