Today I had intended to clear out some of the annuals that have gone over in the garden but we have had quite a lot of rain and I haven't been too well so I got on with my bird bath instead. It's almost finished now but I had to give up this afternoon because my hands were cut where the tile pieces are so sharp. Eden saw it the other week when she was over she thought it was 'awesome' so I really must get it finished.
The other reason I want to get it finished is because there has definitely been another squirrel in the garden. I'm pretty sure the others were shot by someone with an air rifle over the park because they had been coming almost every day for a good few years and there have been successive generations too. As they don't have any predators except for man, I think that is how they met their end because they all just suddenly stopped coming. The PCSO's are aware and keeping their eyes and ears open because children use the park and so do people exercising their dogs. They did tell me that they knew some youths that weren't local had been using the park too.
The little squirrel I saw yesterday was very shy and timid, not at all like the others and I know he's been back because the peanut that I wedged under the top of the nut box had gone and there have been the tell tale signs of something eating the peanuts today.
I wish I had seen it but I have been in the front room and not the kitchen. The other thing I did was to swop the bird feeders over too but the little devils have still only been taking from the grey one wherever it has been hung and ignored the bright yellow one! I suppose it will just be a matter of time before they go to the new one because the same thing happened when I bought the grey one. It's predeccosor had been green and it was several days before they used the new one. I didn't realise that the sparrows would be suspicious of some thing new or be able to tell the difference in colour!
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