March '10

Weather This Month

Max Temp = 6°C                 Min Temp =  -6°C

Max Wind = 0.00 mph              Max Rain in 24 hr Period = 0.00 mm

Max Rain in 1 hr Period = 0.00 mm          Total Rain For Month =0.00 mm

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Diary

7th.  Life in the garden continues to stir as whilst the night temps are still dipping well below low daytime temps are almost up to 7ºC which has been enough to bring out 20 Frogs in the pond and back on the 5th my suspicions were raised as I noted a few animal droppings in the beds and so the night after I spotted the culprit...a hedge pig. I always love to see this little critter snuffling around the garden as they are truly one of the British Isles gems. I scattered a few peanut nibbles near it and placed some specialist hedgehog food out on a slab which by 06:00 this morning had gone. It is a gorgeous day as I look out with blue skies and no wind...a good day to be alive!  The temp at midday has only reached 0.8ºC but it's lovely. The birds seem at peace as they take in the suns healing rays. I keep looking into the garden to get going as a lot needs to be done but.....I just can't at mo. My interest in the frogs has been ignited as they fall into amplexus with upto about 6 of them...but no spawn as yet.

4th.  I am not able to get into the garden at the moment due to my illness as the muscle,joint and kidneys conspire against me. The picture above seems well outdated as we have had almost wall to wall sunshine since the 1st March. I did manage a bit of time in the garden tidying up on the 2nd but boy am I paying for that! I spent several hours readying the garden for the new season but you can hardly tell i've been in there! I have a few plants to add to the garden but these will just have to wait. Nestbox activity is increasing with Blue Tit's and Great Tit's all spotted looking into available nesting sites. Again I am disappointed as non of the boxes given any real attention are the ones with cameras in! I thought I might have seen the first sign of Robins building their nest but as yet, whilst I have noted pairings, no nest material has been seen. The Woodpecker returned back on the 2nd...phew as I thought we had lost him. I have not seen him since but hopefully the courting ritual will be taking up most of his time...I keep listening for drumming but nothing as yet.