Won't be long.

The Blue Tit's are checking the nestbox on a daily basis.  Last year they started building the nest on 23rd March.  Due to the colder winter this year I suspect they may start later.  I managed to catch Mr and Mrs Blue Tit in the nestbox.  I suspect that the Blue Tit with the wider bands on the back of the neck is the female.  I'll know for sure once she's sitting on eggs.

The Hedgehogs are awake (well at least 2 are).  Mrs Hog has been staying during the day in the Hog House but has now decided to go walk about.  She was in there Saturday (19th). I checked the box and got hissed at.  Since then she has been visiting for food but sleeping elsewhere.

Foxes in as usual.  At least 2 visiting every night.  They don't take any notice of the hogs and even the hogs are not that bothered.

The Wagtails are still visiting. The male is in more often than the female.  That may be a result of her sitting on eggs.  Grey Wagtails have two broods each year with the first being in April.  I know roughly where the nest is but I cannot get any photo's of the actual nest.  They nest along the banks of fast flowing streams. Despite being in the middle of Crawley there is a fast flowing stream less than a minute (as the wagtail flies) away from me.

Last Friday there was a Sparrowhawk attack.  I didn't see it but there were a large number of Collard Dove feathers on the Apple Tree and one feather stuck to the trunk of the tree that clearly did not belong to the poor Collard Dove. The feather confirmed that the Sparrowhawk had attacked.

Today a Sparrowhawk was soaring above the flat.  The local Gulls were not happy and chased it off.

Unfortunately the bright sun resulted in a silhouette but shows the hawk shape and most sightings of birds of prey are with the birds high in the sky.