Action

I was trying to get action shots of the coal tit as he came in to the feeder.






The nuthatch then came along.




I snapped him as he left.


A few dunnocks were loitering.

Tits

This is the bush that the tits love to flit about in. They really don't like coming closer to the house.


The coal tit will come and grab a seed and go and then come back again

Starlings and fat candles

The starlings have been eating machines recently and got through a whole fat candle in less than a day.
"Who moi?"


"moi?"


"Surely not moi?"


So I mad it a little more difficult for them. And ordered bigger ones hahaha.










I think this is a baby blackbird. It looks more like the penguin off "The Wrong Trousers"


The coal tits have been enjoying the fat too.




I'm not sure that this is a lady sparrow or a baby sparrow. Him and his mate seem not quite with it, which is why I thought they were juveniles


And the jackdaws are enjoying this fat cake

Last weekend outside

Some of the birds are happy for me to be out and about in the garden with them. The best was the siskin. This pic has no zoom on it. I was standing ever so still less than 6 foot from it. I stepped closer and he moved to the other branch and "shrieked" at me until I stepped back.




The bullfinch was a little more nervous but tolerated me


The nuthatch was happy flitting back and fore. He likes the new feeder the most. He has the most gorgeous eyes of any bird.

Just a little peek

The lady blackbird has such great colours

The coal tit likes the fat (and doing acrobatics)

Someone didn't like the rain hahaha.

March Visitors

After an incredibly quiet few days it was like Picadilly Circus in the garden.I think I had 15 species in 30 minutes.
I had 10 starlings, collared dove, greenfinch, nuthatch, 5 siskins (numbers well down), 6 or so jackdaws, goldcrest, robin, blue tit, coal tit, one goldfinch who wouldn't let anyone share "his" feeder, dunnock, woodpecker, about 7 blackbirds and 3 chaffinches.

I was in stealth mode, so managed to snap the robin




It must be amazing to eat something that is so much bigger than you.


The starlings were out in force today