We both came in at 8.30 on a cold January morning, 6 degrees, to count birds. There was a wind too, making it feel colder. We had come in before the garden was open. The RSPB Big Birdwatch rules are one hour over this weekend. 8.45 to 9.45 am was our hour. It felt even colder as bird watching you …
Spring Growth – Sunday 6th April
There are four pigeons up in the sycamore tree. They are not eating but grooming. They are a pretty bedraggled bunch as if they have been out all night at a party. I can’t get the fourth in the photo. Three scruffs will do. Another pigeon, on the same tree, but some way from the quartet is eating the buds. …


