Catch up post.. Thursday 23rd March 2017
A busy few days, with winter having another go before hopefully letting go and giving spring a chance to break through.
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust in the shape of Sinead Lynch has partnered with the Sandy Water Park Residents Association and the council to introduce pollinator areas in Sandy Water Park (SWP), initially just a couple of plots each approx' 3sqm sown with a perennial meadow mix and a nursery mix of annuals. So a morning of sunshine and showers saw the volunteer conservation rangers along with Sinead and Simeon Jones the county's conservation officer labouring away. opps no photo of any work being done..!
Today I returned to a property in Tycroes where the owner wants a Barn Owl box put up on the edge of his wood overlooking some rough grazing, he tell me that he's had Barn Owls nesting previously, the box he has had made to the specifications of the Barn Owl Trust, was so heavy it took two of us to carry it to the base of the tree, after fixing a bracket we tried valiantly to hoist the box into place...... after 90 minutes of huffing and puffing we reluctantly gave up to return another day with reinforcements... [it was so bloody heavy, at one point it swung like a pendulum and nearly had me off the ladder].
The lack of wildlife on the recent guided even is quite ironic, as on the next day I counted 47 Common Snipe, 3 Jack Snipe, Redshank, Wigeon, Teal, Little Egret and a Northern Wheatear, it just goes to show what difference a day and the weather can make.
A round up of activities, a leaflet dispenser at the entrance to the reserve has been a huge success and has been filled up three times in just four days, ok so it only hold six of the reserve leaflets due to their size but it shows that people are interested, or they just needed some paper...
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust in the shape of Sinead Lynch has partnered with the Sandy Water Park Residents Association and the council to introduce pollinator areas in Sandy Water Park (SWP), initially just a couple of plots each approx' 3sqm sown with a perennial meadow mix and a nursery mix of annuals. So a morning of sunshine and showers saw the volunteer conservation rangers along with Sinead and Simeon Jones the county's conservation officer labouring away. opps no photo of any work being done..!
Today I returned to a property in Tycroes where the owner wants a Barn Owl box put up on the edge of his wood overlooking some rough grazing, he tell me that he's had Barn Owls nesting previously, the box he has had made to the specifications of the Barn Owl Trust, was so heavy it took two of us to carry it to the base of the tree, after fixing a bracket we tried valiantly to hoist the box into place...... after 90 minutes of huffing and puffing we reluctantly gave up to return another day with reinforcements... [it was so bloody heavy, at one point it swung like a pendulum and nearly had me off the ladder].
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It was never going to be an easy job, top bracket in place
when the box is placed it will have a supporting bracket underneath,
there may be a follow up photo...
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The lack of wildlife on the recent guided even is quite ironic, as on the next day I counted 47 Common Snipe, 3 Jack Snipe, Redshank, Wigeon, Teal, Little Egret and a Northern Wheatear, it just goes to show what difference a day and the weather can make.
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| Northern Wheatear,( a bird I caught and ringed in Autumn 2015 ) |
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