Note from Andrew Beach - Pat's Husband: I regret to say that my
beloved wife passed away in November 2013. As you will know if you have
read her blog posts she was truly in love with nature and enjoyed
sharing this love with others through these posts. This post was
prepared but not published which I now do in her memory. It may not be
complete but this is how she left it, so how it shall be.
1st Still in the New Forest. We go to Bolder Wood to see the deer . There are 13 in the field but they are not as close as we've seen back at the van.
2nd Arrive home today and fledgling sparrows, great tits, and starlings are all in the garden, while a male and female bullfinch are in the garden.
3rd We put a new camera trap in the garden over night and catch a hedgehog, a squirrel,cat and young starlings.
8th Its very noisy in the garden - sparrows and starlings still trying to get mum and dad to feed them and 6 goldfinch. Later I see a young great tit on the drive. He looked very vulnerable and I watch from a distance till it flies off.
Week 3 and I pick a bowl full of strawberries from the garden. Yum.
The garden continues to be a nursery for the young birds of the area. great tits , blue tits, goldfinch and sparrows mainly. Adult blackbirds, pigeons and magpies also visit. While the hedgehog comes at night.
