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I will be on a short break on the island of Majorca, from 3rd to 11th September Blog will be internet dependent while away....

Bees.................... Last week we discovered that Honey Bees had moved in on the Barn Owl box in Pembrey Forest, given that both Barn Owls and Honey Bees are in need of a helping hand a small dilemma loomed, what to do? The answer was quite easy the bees possibly came from one of the many hives in the forest and should be moved on to make way for any prospective Barn Owl. As chance would have it I ended up talking to a visitor who turned out to be one of the local bee keepers and put him in touch with Simeon to make further arrangements. This found us in the forest admiring the skills of John, the bee keeper, as he put in place the steps to encourage the bees to move from the nest box into a temporary hive for onward travel to pastures new, they will need to be ,moved about 3 miles to stop them coming back to the nest box. Opps that's a lot of Honey Bees It was very interesting to hear about the lives of the Honey Bee directly from someone who clearly

Don't forget the extra net.......! With limitations due to public access; I had this mornings ringing planned with military precision, nets planned last night pegs in place all I needed to do was put an extra net, with the two already in the bag,  ready to pick up this morning, on site for 5:30 and ready to go when I thought where's the extra net?? I know on the table in the house.... With just two nets and contemplating "what if.." a short session ensued, the clear conditions over night and the fact that there were NO hirundines at the roost last night should have been a clue to the quiet time I had. Quality prevailed with a stunning Lesser Whitethroat in the first round with Blackcap and Common Whitethroat to follow. Hard to beat I think.......... Lesser Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat Blackcap