One blackbird has taken ownership of the cotoneaster, if he catches anyone else on it, he gets very cross, but not as aggressive as he gets when he's got babies.
I had nine fat pigeons feeding from time to time this week. The seldom seen woodpecker has been in at least twice a day; there were three green parakeets, but now only two. Strange absence of tits, lots before Christmas, but since then, I've hardly seen any. Lots of chaffinches tho' and a few reed buntings, but fewer than last year.
I suspect other people are now putting out proper food. I've seen a flock of around 60 starlings in the fields at the bottom of the garden, but am getting only a dozen or so on the feeders nowadays. We used to get the whole lot of 'em in. It was chaos at times.
Magpies have occasionally in the past ventured into the garden, grabbed some fat cake and flown off again. This year, I've had four or five in at a time.
A neighbour watches the field for bird life and reports to the British Orthinology wotsit society and sends round reports of what to look out for. Apparently there is a kingfisher about and snipe coming closer to the houses., plus the usual complement of bad weather seagulls - hope they don't find the feeders.
There was a wren in the garage this morning, left some cheese and I hope it's flown. It left me a present on a bike.
I buy seed in 10Kg sacks and stocked up before Christmas. I will need some more ground feeder food in a couple fo weeks, but which time I hope the snow will be gone.