Firstly Mr Pheasant came calling quite literally, so I threw some feed out on the grass for him then in the 30 minutes I was standing at the kitchen window watching him hoover it up I saw...
1 daddy black bird feeding his chick in our conifer trees. The mammy hasn't been seen for nearly a week now so has probably been nabbed by a cat or a sparrow hawk.
Chaffinches having a nosey, having a bit to eat then buggering off.
Every now and then a lesser redpoll turns up then disappears.
A black cap.
Sparrows that have taken up nesting in the swift box we have in the eves.
Several blue tits coming and going.
2 coal tits pulling the fibres off the underlay on top of the guinea pigs hutch. There are little bald patches emerging and now know the culprits.
There have been 6 or so Goldfinches on the sun flower hearts.
There are great tits fighting over the sunflower seeds.
The resident Robin is perched on the edge of the bucket waiting.
Nut hatches swooping in between the great tits and nabbing the seed of its choice and dropping the ones it doesn't want. I think there was a fledgeling on at one point because it didn't seem to know what to do at first but then awkwardly got the gist of it and left happy.
There's a pair of wood pigeons on the ground getting what ever is dropped.
Then there is a pair of Dunnocks scratting around in the grass and a little Wren shows it's face every now and then.
Then the Jack Daws casing the joint to figure out how to get at the seeds but they are too big to fit between the bars on the feeders.
Then to top it off and I love these a pair of long tail tits. Little fluff balls with tails.
I could stand here all day just watching them. Shame I have house work to do really.
