Deer,deer,deer

Before going up to Aspenwood on Saturday morning we had a visit from a family of three roe deer who kindly mowed the grass for us on the front bank. Arriving at the cottage we found Philip the pheasant sitting on the top of the feeding fence very annoyed that all the bird seed had been eaten. There is always a good variety of birds on the feeding fence as well as at the peanut and suet ball holders but they have to eat while keeping an eye open for the predatory sparrowhawk. During the morning a very small red squirrel was munching away at the peanuts but suddenly something spooked him and it took off balancing like an Olympic gymnast all the way along the top of the fence and then disappeared up the aspen tree.