As you may be aware, a horse trashed my pit hide yesterday and I/we needed to have a rethink, maybe we could rebulid it, but what is for sure, we couldn't let it a horse crash in to it again. (Imagine sat in a hide beneath ground, and a massive 1 ton plus horse comes crashing through the roof). So, this morning I met Terry at 9.30 to sort things out. Firstly we removed the damaged plastic roof, with four neat horse shoe holes which left ius with just a pit.
Whenever I meet people who know what they are doing, and of course when they have the proper tools, I am amazed at how simple everything seems, and so it was today. With the aid of a good crow-bar and a lump hammer we burried poles at the four corners then attached a roof made from a reclaimed board. We were left with the pit, 4 foot deep pit and an area 4 foot above ground, a substantial space. Now all I have to do is cover the sides and the front.......it's going to be more than brillant. My options have been increased ten-fold. What is really exciting is the access to the hide which is via a conceald entrance from the caravan. This means that you can get from the caravan in to the lower hide totally under cover and concealed This is going to be an amazing way to see and photograph the birds. Once in the pit you can see the pool at ground level as before and also have the opportinity to look from a higher level. From the caravan, not only can you see the rabbits and logs as before but now there is the opportunity to bait an area on the roof of the pit hide just feet from caravans window. There is still alot to do but already tonight I watched Nuthatches from 3 feet away....... yes 3 feet away..... feeding on the log placed on the pit hide rough. More to come and watch this space.
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