Garden Watch

Whilst trying to do some tidying up in the garden yesterday I happened across two discoveries in as many seconds.  The first was the pictured bird’s nest – low down in a holly bush.   Although remarkably neat and tidy, there was no evidence of use sadly.

Bird's nest

I needed to trim a few branches of the holly bush to get past it without being lacerated and as the leaves piled up I noticed the small white ‘smudges’ on the underside of the leaves.   I can’t trace what they are so far, so if anyone in the Group has an idea I’d be very grateful.

Any ideas?

Sue