Ellie the naturalist...

Ellie's been spending a fair bit of her time outside lately. Inspired by the BBC's "Springwatch" she's been watching our 2 resident nests. We have a swallow nest in the outside toilet and a great-tit nest in the postbox at the end of the drive.

She was delighted that the swallow-chicks fledged on Monday - we're awaiting the flight of the great-tits (mainly so that we can use the postbox again)

There's also been a lot of life around the pond that's in the woodland. After a quick lesson in how to use the macro feature on the camera, she vanished for ages and came back with some absolutely splendid photos.

Click on them to open a larger version....



(Incidentally, the swallows are going for a second brood now and building nest number two just outside the front door. Updates and photos to follow)