This morning, Monday 22nd (I'm remembering John's mum on her birthday), is as dark and dank as forecast. I've just taken a few photos through 3 upstairs windows - all with flash, you can see how dark it is:
From this window in the new build I can see right down to the bottom hut now I've reduced some shrubs in size,
just a few of the ducks can be seen:
While taking pictures of some plants still making a show in the garden I could see that the ducky population had come back up to the top of the garden to see if I'd put out their food containers ---- I still haven't.
I must confess here that I've been "cruel" to them because too many pheasants had eaten too much of their food and the little cowards just let them. My chasing them off till I'm out of breath does not have a lasting effect either.
So, the last couple of days I've only put out the 3 groups' breakfast in water first thing and kept the grains until a few hours later. The new system has only been partially successful in that not quite so much corn was eaten, but groups of pheasants just hang about in hiding until the food is put out and then help themselves. Yesterday, when all 27 came up to find their food containers they had brought half a dozen pheasants with them!
While taking a second batch of photos this morning - of the white mountain ash berries in the middle of this picture below - the ducks very obligingly came around the corner of the garage in search of food again [don't be concerned, it's nearly 11 am now and I HAVE put the food out for them now], in a long stretched out line with 2 or 3 late comers just as the first lot were turning back once more, disappointed:
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