The Mill Birds
- 2008
Mar 2008
Another pair of Kestrels have been using the mill 'holes' for roosting and
we hope they will nest there. There has been no Jackdaw activity, and it is
still a little early for the tree sparrows. Watch this space.
May 2008 update. The female kestrel is now sitting on her eggs and the male is
visiting with food. She is currently screened off from the webcam and we plan to
leave her until early June before we remove the screen. The young should hatch
around the end of June
I said previously that the tree sparrows haven't nested in the mill wall this year,
although we do have
three other pairs nesting elsewhere on the site. I was wrong, the young must
have hatched and there is now a lot of activity around the nesting hole.
Swallows arrived on 21st March, 2 days earlier than normal, and a pair are well
advanced with nesting in the mill entrance.
May 22 - 4 eggs in the Kestrel nest
Hoopoe - unusual local visitor
Kestrels first nested at the Mill
in 2005 when the female laid five eggs, all of which hatched and later
flew.
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See 2007 page
See 2006 page
