firbeck 859 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I woke up to a stunning morning today, so fantastic that I took the Jack Russell out for a walk at 7:00 to take it all in. The woodpeckers were bashing hell out of the trees and all the ducks on the river are pairing up, the moorhens are already building nests along the river bank. In our garden, all the dafs are out and the tulips look as if they are about ready to flower very soon. We have a pair of Robins frantically lining their nesting box with horsehair and the blue tits are doing the same next door, for some reason they won't go in the box in my garden. A pair of blackbirds are building a nest behind the shed as well. In addition the pond is full of frogs that were really making themselves heard last night, there are loads of Bumble bees around as well. Yesterday we saw a pair of Buzzards heading north, they don't inhabit this area so we assume that they may have come off the continent and were heading for their hunting grounds, they are the first migrants we have seen, apart from a family of Poles stuffed into a people carrier with all their belongings yesterday. It won't be long before the first chiff chaffs arrive, a matter of days I reckon and then it's only a few weeks before we can expect the first influx of Martins and Swallows, the earliest arrival of these I ever saw was at Melbourne in Derbyshire a few years ago when I saw large mixed flocks over the lake in late March. Has anyone seen much activity in their area yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mariag 4 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 not in uk I know but 2 green parakeets on the peanut feeder....first in the morning and then teatime ishs - this must be via there roosting place I guess.... rather have them than the noisy common mynars on there any day!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 My kids playing in the garden for the first time this year!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Washed my motorcycle and took it for a ride! Bl@@dy Canada geese are nesting at the pond at the end of our street! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 cut the grass for the first time this year, might make the walk to the stoneyford boat later, plenty of nature to see on that route Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Remind me some one please, where's the Stoneyford Boat ???. I know I've been there!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Its gorgeous outside today....lovely and sunny. ( as the birds told me at about 6 this morning. ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Got all the windows open letting a nice breeze blow through and get rid of some of the stale odours that have been around since last October!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 walking round the lace market, past st marys church and into Jass for a coffee..lovely day !tanning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Remind me some one please, where's the Stoneyford Boat ???. I know I've been there!! only way in by road is from aldercar (near langley mill) used to be renowned for smorgersboard (mables table) codnor castle is only a few hundred yards away where they found the gold noble on time team Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 st marys church yard brings back some very happy memories! always on the route back to broadmarsh from the palais or somewhere else. spring is here and thew saps rising Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thanks I have bben there but it would have been 20 years ago now !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thats the place on Boat lane, had a Sunday lunch in there last year, quite nice specially in summer to sit outside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mariag 4 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 cut the grass for the first time this year, might make the walk to the stoneyford boat later, plenty of nature to see on that route Do they still do a good carvery? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 They did a carvery last year about £7. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Yet another topic hijacked …? Ok I will do my best to ease the thread back on course; hopefully it won’t be too much of a pain for some members to stick to the narrative. The only activity in my garden at the moment is the two wood pigeons that have taken up residence in my neighbour’s forty-foot conifer tree. Apart from them flying from their hide out deep within said tree to my new aerial there’s nothing much new happening. I did have a bird box that was hung from a rusty nail attached to the side of my leaning backwards shed but as you know I have taken said shed down, it’s now a flat pack…by the way would anyone like it? It’s going free you just have to collect. For the last two summers here there haven’t been any takers on said bird box so I reckon it won’t be missed by our feathered friends. At my old address I had a bird box that got used every year by blue tits. Pictures below were taken today. Isn’t Diezel a little poser? Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Not so much seen but heard , loads of Sky Larks out in deepest darkest Lincolnshire today (Ain't heard one of those round hear for ages). Pheasants , ( Saw that Barn Owl again, Rog) Bunnies, but the daftest thing , a massive flock of late leaving Red Wings over by Cranwell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 My plum tree is in full flower, peach trees are bursting and plenty of native dogwood are in flower too. Seem many Magnolias in full flower, and the Daffs are just about finished for this year. The Northern Cardinals are getting territorial, so won't be long before they are nesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Forgot to mention all the wild violets growing around Coningsby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 What wild life activity have you seen? How this reminds me of the great Tom Lehrer. "Spring is here, spring is here..." (SONG)-poisoning pidgeons in the park... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Sand Martins starting to arrive in the Kirkby pits area of Lincolnshire, Oyster catchers pairing up on freshwater lagoons, Great crested Grebe's performing mating dance, Shelduck's paired and looking friendly towards each other, Whooper swans on the move now giving fantastic views as they fly over. Looks like spring has sprung early this year so expecting the Cuckoo in the first half of April Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 "Ne'er CAST a clout till May be out" A warning not to leave off old or warm clothes until the end of May. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Ayup Mick, It don't refere to the month of May but to the May flower Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 I heard that it could also have something to do with a notorious 19th century prostitute , Mary Kelly, who always wangled getting herself locked up for winter , thus avoiding having to pay to heat her house!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Springiscoming.pps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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