Owlsland in March
The Mountains in Early Spring - Birds and Wild Flowers
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Winter seems to have forgotten to come at all this year - there's been hardly any rain, and the temperatures have only fallen below zero a few times. But just as we awaited an early Spring like last year, late frosts arrived and Nature decided that this year Spring would be late! |
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The Almond trees last year were utterly breathtaking. We've never seen such a display of blossom, and with no rain falling, the flowers stayed on the trees far longer than usual. This year, with the late Spring, the blossom is just now opening. So for the first time in years our early guests should have a chance to see it - normally the flowers have dropped before visitors start to arrive. |
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To say that there must be trees like this at the gates of Paradise is maybe going too far, but still....
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And the individual flowers are as gorgeous as the trees themselves.
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The swallows returned from Africa last year on March 10th.
Stop press news!! - 10th of March 2008, and we're all excited because the first swallows have just arrived late morning.
Spring has come to Bezirgan! |
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The reason for Owlsland's name! One of the many Little Owls found here. |
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You can hear the quite distinctive call of the Scops Owl just now. Last year, this pair nested just across the road, and we're hoping they'll nest again in the same place. |
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Another unmistakeable sound is the drumming of woodpeckers, as they mark out their territory for this season. It's surprising how far the noise can travel. |
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The Garden in early Spring - Herbs & Flowers & Wildlife
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This massive common toad has just come out of hibernation.
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With winter ending, the plants are starting to come into their own.
The rosemary bushes surpass themselves for both scent and flowers. They're attracting whole swarms of bees, mostly honey bees, but already the carpenter bees are out in force. |
The Village in Spring - What's happening on the farms
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This is the time for babies! The first lambs appeared as early as a couple of months ago, and they're growing apace.
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The first kids should come into the world this month, we await them any day! And the cockeral struts round with his harem. |
And that's a taste of Spring in the mountains -
Come and visit, see it for yourself!
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