Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - Protecting Wildlife for the Future

I've just put up five new bird boxes in the oakwood. These are to replace ones that have reached the end of their useful life. There are over forty boxes in the oakwood and more than sixty on the Gilfach reserve as a whole, plus one or two specials such as owl boxes. We have one tawny and one barn owl box. Over the years the barn owl box has been host to squirrels and jackdaws but last season we at last had a pair of barn owls in it. I don't know how many young they reared but from a distance I could see their faces at the entrance hole. If they've managed to survive the long snowy spell they may be back again in the coming season.
We have a little pond on the reserve that never freezes, the other day I noticed that it's full of frogspawn. The first sign that spring will soon be upon us.