Sunday Night in Henley on Thames, England 22May:
Well a couple of us heard the noise overnight when rain showers rumbled through. With the morning’s constant breeze the few standing puddles were soon gone. Of course the tiny little box of Blue Tits picked Sunday to have the fledglings fly from the wall box and what surely has been home for them over the past month since hatching. All this excitement in the backyard before the 4 of us got loaded into Dave’s car for our short trip to
- · Basildon Park/Basildon Manor House (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-basildonpark.htm)
- · Pub Lunch at the Red Lion
- · Greys Court (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-greyscourt)
Upon our return we had to rescue a fledgling that had flown from the nest box and landed down inside a water downspout retaining hole. Dave lifted the poor wee chap to safety using a kitchen slotted spoon no less. Now we await the parents return to help sort out the wee chap to get along on his way.
