Here’s the view from the office window this morning – beautiful autumn light and a glimpse of our tree house
Last year we had a tawny owl nesting in the big birdhouse behind our house, and we were lucky enough to see its baby (or babies?). This year we have a new tenant, and it looks like another tawny.
One morning we saw a red squirrel climbing the oak tree and the owl watching it warily. The squirrel ended up climbing right up onto the birdhouse roof!
The squirrrel was obviously not familiar with the Tale of Squirrel Nutkin – who gets his tail bitten off by an owl.
This mother & calf have been frequent visitors to our garden over the last few days.