Spring Continues

As has been said before it is very helpful that trees do not move around!  Careful examination has helped us sort out the male and female Holly trees.  The females have berries, the males do not.  The male Holly trees have buds which will soon open.

Another tree in flower is the Dogwood, found behind the easy access hide.  You can just see the buds peeping out between the new leaves.

Hawthorn has been slow to come into leaf and there are still some trees with leaves only partly unfurled.  During the coppicing of the willow carr, Hawthorn trees were given some 'tlc', these are now beginning to grow new young shoots. It was a surprise when the flower buds were noticed on one shrub.  Possibly we will soon be able to 'cast a clout'?

As the nest boxes are checked so the data is entered into IPMR.  It has been stated many times that our data base contains a great deal of information.  More news of the owls, caught on Friday has been reported. 

The owl breeding in Wathgill Camp has been breeding in the same box since 2007.

The owl breeding in a box on the Training Area was ringed as a chick by Sophie in FGC, in Box 8 in 2013!