An owl appeared on our window cill again on Saturday morning. I had spent quite a lot of time earlier that evening trying to photograph them, and I wonder if they wre trying to get their own back! Having thought…

The owls are getting very noisy and there is a lot of movement. We’ve seen at least three young. Last night I woke up and there was one on our bedroom window cill. Was quite a sight, I’m not sure…

We’ve accepted an offer on Mineral House and the buyers want to be in by the end of August, by the 26th in fact so we are now pressing ahead with packing. We were talking about starting to pack anyway,…

I counted the chicks in one of the boxes and looked back at an old Blog. There should have been 9, and there are now 5. I think the chicks have been making their way out of the box and…

another one appeared this morning with her. This one was noticibly younger than the others, but still looks a few days old. The mystery continues and no idea at all where she is getting them from but she certainly isn’t…

Well, one of our offerees have had an offer put in on their place from 1st time buyers and therefore would be in a position to proceed with no chain. We need to confirm the position re their buyers (not…

TanTan and her chicks (yellow) and a couple of others (brown). Our garden is a chickfest. 

Coming back from Haltwhislte Thursday I was confused to see a chick running round the garden. I checked the two broodies with their chicks and they were all present and correct. Earlier this week I had not shut the door…

Tan Tan, the chick who once upon a time used to jump into my hand, having been discovered hiding under the bed in the spare room, has developed into an interesting cross with strong signs of silkie parentage. The other…

Well Ian was quite right, I arrived home from a few days in Swanage to find the chicken shed full of chicks! There are quite a lot of little white ones with a couple of browns. The evil mother hen…