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Weather : Very hot temperatures nearly all week, up to 35oC. Notes : I didn’t send a post last week as I had no significant news but this week there is a definite update. Firstly, specifically today, we have had the first all-day stay of a hedgehog in the new house. Obviously Hedgehogs are essentiallyContinue reading “Chatou Nature Update – 28/06/20”

Weather : Cool and overcast for most of the week with some heavy rain showers. Notes : I repeated the Jam sandwich trick this week but no further sightings of the Beech Marten. It may be several weeks before it is seen again. I’ve been watching the hedghog house closely which has been getting regularContinue reading “Chatou Nature Update – 14/06/20”

Weather : Very warm and sunny for the first half of the week followed by a dramatic change to cooler weather with some heavy rain showers. Notes : A very busy week in the garden with the clear highlight being some new sightings of my all-time favourite garden visitor, the Beech Marten. A big eventContinue reading “Chatou Nature Update – 07/06/20”

Weather : Consistent warm sunny weather all week. Slightly warmer than normal for the season and no rain. Notes : We’ve had fantastic warm sunny weather all week. More like mid-summer than late May and whilst not wishing to seem begrudging, nature could really do with some rain. Everything is dry and the ground isContinue reading “Chatou Nature Update – 31/05/20”

Hi All. Following the departure of the great tits I’ve been updating the Chatou Nature Blog website so that I can keep following and documenting more of the nature in my garden. If you are interested please do check out the new website. The link is the same but to be sure it can beContinue reading “Updated Chatou Nature Website”

As promised just one final post, obviously ‘The Last Post’, to conclude the Great Tit Nest blog for 2020. The nest remains empty and the adults and chicks are now out and about. I have seen them, and more often heard them, during the day in the garden. At one point the adult was feedingContinue reading “Great Tit Nest – 2020 – ‘THE LAST POST’”