Today began with freezing fog, but it eventually cleared to leave a bright and sunny day of clear skies and loud birdsong. Robins continue to chase each other around our back garden, and the blackcap is continuing to be a bit of a pain, driving everything else away from within two or three feet of our main feeding station. Except the nuthatches, which have been particularly busy today. We've had some busy magpies around today as well, but the main thing to note has been the presence of large numbers of tits, mostly blue tits, coming to the feeders from time to time but for a lot of the time prospecting along the branches of the elms and ashes to the back of us. Long tailed tits appeared among them for a time.
The drops left on the branches by the morning mist were a delight to see sparkling in the sun. It was almost as if the trees were festooned with twinkling lights. Buzzards were mewing somewhere within earshot, but I couldn't get a sight of them. Some very bright and bossy greenfinches arrived, and saw off the comparatively ungainly chaffinches; though larger and bulkier, the greenfinches are much more adept at using the feeders.
No comments:
Post a Comment