This month will see the return of the Swift to Rye and I am glad that at last, someone other than I, is aware that the lack of birds has as much to do with nesting sites as it does with food. Continue reading Jimper’s Jottings
Tag: Swallows
Jimper April 2003
The Spring Month
April a real spring month, one quarter of the way through the year. Summer has got a grip on winter. Snow can be expected any day in April. Lambing is under way on the Marsh although the farmers with sheltered sheep have lambed indoors and the lambs are rapidly growing for the early market. If April is warm we can expect our first swarm of bees in the latter weeks. The bees have come through winter well this year., their numbers have been swelling every day since January. Continue reading Jimper April 2003