Lovely today to have our garden full of blackbirds! We record the birds we see on a form supplied by our local Wildlife Trust, with a 1 for a bird seen only once at a time, 2 where two or more of a species are seen at the same time, and 3 where we manage to see ten or more all at once. For the first time ever, blackbirds scored a ten (I counted eleven, in fact), and therefore got marked 3 on the list, to join blue tits and chaffinches.
They were gorging themselves on rowan berries, so I suppose they'll soon move on - there aren't very many left. I had put out some bits of apple too, but the squirrels seem to have made off with most of those. We've also had a bullfinch and a goldfinch today, always nice to see them, and a great spotted woodpecker has started to visit our nut feeder. It's lovely to watch the birds, but sometimes a bit of an effort to keep up with their appetites!
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