Devon SSSI nature reserve and eco lodges - Maggie's Blog


8 May




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Reprieve for the pampas grass...

I've been meaning to cut down the pampas grass for so long. We waited until May just on the slight offchance that there might have been a dormouse hibernating there, though it was highly unlikely as this huge monstrosity is in the middle of the 'lawn'.

But fate was against us and George's blunt shears. A blackbird has made her nest there, so we must hold off...

And later, a glimpse of what she was protecting...