Not sure what's going on... but Springwatch showed both Jackdaw nestboxes briefly and the single chick and the two chicks looked ok [ and big ].

I WAS eating when they showed the regurgitating gulls. Regret getting a HD tv now.

Thanks for the warning about the gulls... watching now.

ETA: At least Iolo apologised.

Look what I got you kids.. bleeuuurgghhh... a ham sandwhich ! 

Could be worse... last week I saw a gull dragging a dead bird across the road, only to fly off with it once the jackdaws started to pay too much attention.

Did you? Wow, good spot. Didn't know Gulls ate carrion. 

Aww no more Springwatch  Didn't enjoy the butterfly/moth section though - I'm a little bit phobic 

Neither did I... but come to think of it, they eat everything else.

I don't care how many colours they put on their wings... bugs are bugs. I know everything is important to the ecosystem... but, do they have to be so icky?

I will miss it... Autumn is so far off.

Me too. Wish there was a Summerwatch - and a Winterwatch for that matter.

In other news our Da is being transferred to the hospice today. 

There was a Winterwatch... it was just a lot shorter.

Great news, at least you know he'll get the proper care now.

Yes hopefully.

I miss the little chicky chicks... been looking at kitten and doggy videos on Youtube. No substitute 

I miss the chicks too... and Iolo and Martin... and the bunnies...

I wonder how that mallard is getting along, I hope her eggs'll hatch.

Hopefully they will.

There are some nestcam links on The Summer of Wildlife site - Ospreys, Kestrels and Peregrines. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qgm3 

No Martincam unfortunately 

Excellent. I'll check them out.

Glad to be of service 

As far as I know they do a 'watch' for each season except summer.

They should leave the 'Nest and nestlings' cam on until all the chicks have fledged - even if they're not doing anymore actual programmes.

Mind you, I suppose 'Summer of Wildlife' is tantamout to a 'Summerwatch'.

I suppose so, yeah. I agree about the nest cams.

I can hardly remember Winterwatch...  must've been distracted. 

Can't see much on, tv-wise for Summer of Wildlife?

Indeed, if only they'd left the webcams on until the fledging was over.

Yeah, the first year it was only a day, but the second was on a week.

Ahhh yes its coming back to me now  Jeeez I'm starting to dote 

Are you watching The Returned on C4 Hitch? Its spooky.

Don't worry about starting to dote, I tend to forget what I'm talking about half way through a word.

I'm not... not really keen on zombies (says the girl that watches Game of Thrones, which has zombies), unless they are Reg Shoe. I know they don't act zombie-ish... but still.

My parents brought me a present (or two, there's a flag too) from Wales. A little red dragon, guess what I've called him?  *obvious Colette, is obvious*

Colette?  Depend if its male or not...*whispers* ...Iolo?  

Hope your parents had a good time - did they catch the good weather?

Its a cool flag the Welsh flag. There's one outside the window, on a nearby hotel. I can never forget where I am.

Iolo indeed. He's a cute wee red dragon.

It is a good flag, makes me wish we had our unicorn on our flag. One with a saltire, bit dull. One with a lion, bit Lannister. *ahem*

Yeah, they had one real day of rain... which made mum realise she'd not brought her coat. XD

At least its better than the Irish flag... boring tricolour [and way too confusing with Italy].

The Red Hand of Ulster is ok but hard to disassociate it with sectarian head-the-balls 

Just thought of a crap joke. Iolo the Dragon, a.k.a Puff-ling the Magic Dragon?

Told ya it was crap. 

Puffling the magic dragon!

Is a bit close, I get confused between a lot of the tricolours.

Thanks for laughing at the awful "joke".

Oh b.t.w. they aren't zombies in The Returned... just dead peeps who turn up alive years later - but no older. They're hungry for [normal] food but can't seem to sleep. Its a bit Lost-like, in a w.t.h. is going on kind of way.

The woman in work that said about me watching Lost "Well, I don't watch shows just because everyone else does." is the one trying to get us all to watch... It's putting me right off.

Anyhow, I'm all caught up on A Song of Ice and Fire... planning to overtake HBO by a billion miles. I'm hoping to find out stuffs... like is this dude that dude? Why and how does this happen? Is Edmure going to escape? I shall find  out soon... Death to the Freys! *nods*

 In that case.. yeah, the hard sell is offputting.

G.O.T. ...yikes! Still haven't started. Theres one episode of Mad Men S.6 to go...I can't mix my obsessions.

At least Game of Thrones only has about 22 episodes all in so far. Once you've seen Mad Men it shouldn't take long.

Puts me off too. There's this film that hubby want's me to watch and I probably will watch it....eventually .... but his regular have you not watched it yet?" keeps delaying things.

News flash: got the first bloom from my seedlings - french marigold. Its a bit small.

Also found maggoty things in my compost - those dirtbag flies must've been in it 

Really makes the stubbornness levels rise eh? Which movie is it?

Ooh! Lovely Rosie!

Not so much about the maggots though...

Only about four of the wee skitters fortunately, in a 32L crate. May have been the eggshells. My apologies - not exactly polite conversation 

Yeah - I want to know the film too!

I think it's a bit obscure, called 'A letter from a father to a son'

4 isn't bad.

Not heard of it. Not a big movie person. A trip to IMDB in order.

It's this one:-

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Thanks Fluffy, hadn't heard of that one.

Ah... documentary... ok.

Sad to report our Da died early this morning. It was relatively peaceful thankfully and my brother was at his bedside.