Song Thrush Singing

This morning as I was nipping up the garden to open the greenhouse vent, I could hear a bird song that I did not recognise as one we regularly hear in the garden. Closer inspection of the large walnut tree with the binoculars identified the source as a Song Thrush. This is the first one I have seen in the garden for over a year. A welcome sight, and a new species to record in our garden bird survey data

Blackbird Fledges

We saw our baby blackbird out of the nest for the first time this weekend. The parents were flitting to and fro bringing food to it. The local cat took an unhealthy interest, but hopefully the baby bird will quickly learn to recognise this danger without coming to any harm.

The robin has discovered the meal worms bin in the workshop too. we caught it flying in the door to pick one out. The door in not normally open, so this is not really a problem. The blackbirds still wait for me to put some out for them on the bird table. The robin has also realised that there are meal worms in the window feeder on the kitchen window, and the worms I put in there disappear each day now. We have also seen blue tits coming to the window feeder for sunflower seeds. It has taken a couple of months for this feeder to start getting regular visitors, and they still try to visit when nobody is in the kitchen to see them. We are hoping as they get used to it they will start to visit when we are sat inside eating our breakfast.