A little bundle of joy, a Long-tailed Tit
A sketchy image for a planned painting
The Great-spotted Woodpecker this morning, surveying drumming posts
I don't think the birds have quite sussed out the weather this week ! Due to turn nasty this weekend, today I was greeted with many birds in full song and lots of activity indicating many species think Spring is just around the corner. The Woodpeckers, both Green and Great-spotted are very active and vocal and it can only be a matter of time before the territorial drumming start. The Kingfishers have also been zipping around all over the place and are presumably surveying potential nest sites, they'll stop that idea when it snows at the weekend! There are still a few winter thrushes around but generally most stuff seems to have moved through for the time being. Entertained myself with the ever present but totally brilliant Long-tailed Tits flock as they tumble about looking for insects in amongst the bark. Its always worth looking through them as well as attracting other tit species, there's always a chance of a wintering warbler or other little gems like Firecrest, sadly no sign since the heard only.
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