My new a6-size sketchbook bag, an ‘Expand’ bag from a stall on Leeds Market. Pens were beginning to escape through holes in my previous ‘Trespass’ bag, which had become a bit overloaded. There’s a bit more breathing space in this one.
A6 Art Bag
Day: March 29, 2023
Nestbox Wars
It’s that time of year when blue tits and sparrows fight it out for who gets to nest in our various nest boxes. Last year the blue tits raised a brood in the sparrow terrace at the back of our house but after a lively dispute between a pair of sparrows and a pair of blue tits over the blue tit box in the rowan tree in the front garden, the box ended up with no occupants during the breeding season.
History is repeating itself with the blue tits franticly trying to repel the sparrows at 8.30 this morning but the sparrows managed to force their way to the box and, as it turned out, despite the narrow dimensions of the brass ring around the entrance hole, they were able to squeeze in.
At the moment it’s sparrows who are taking most interest in the three-nest hole sparrow terrace but it’s early days and the blue tits could easily be the ones who eventually take possession.