Last year the magpie ate the eggs and the year before they raised a solitary cuckoo.
Here are three babies: we spend a lot of time tiptoeing past them and listening for alarm calls in case the magpie is back. Nerve wracking.
Anyone know anything about the pic below? Ive carried it around for years, can't remember where or when it appeared. Obviously it is of interest because it has girl painters even if they are only stroking a frock, watched by St Anthony of Padua (=monk holding child) and the very masculine portrait looking like Lord Leighton. The clothes look foreign but the backing of the print is English - and of an age -
You can see it better by clicking on image. All info welcomed.
