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It was yesterday actually ..... I have been discovered by a song thrush !! It arrived, was bombed by a m. blackbird, performed a tactical retreat, came back and managed to do a Taste Test which was seemingly awarded a wings up. Caught sight of it in the gloaming, just sat sitting there on a low branch right above the evening feed. I'll check for it this evening

Placido wrote:It was yesterday actually ..... I have been discovered by a song thrush !! It arrived, was bombed by a m. blackbird, performed a tactical retreat, came back and managed to do a Taste Test which was seemingly awarded a wings up. Caught sight of it in the gloaming, just sat sitting there on a low branch right above the evening feed. I'll check for it this evening

Well done Placi All too rare a visitor nowadays. As you said the welcome from the resident BBs is seldom very warm so visits, by necessity are often very fleeting.

I might be wrong on this one but is was a small robin sized bird. Black and white with a long tale which moved up and down as it bobbed along. Possible wagtail?

Sounds very much like a pied waggie, Johnd

What's the difference between a pied wagtail and a while wagtail?

A Blackcap today thats a first for a long time ,lots of Sparrows,Sturks,and the Blackbirds are beginning to come back I dont know where they have been.

A blackcap !! Good spot, Greenfinch.

I've never seen a Blackcap! Well spotted

I still have one nipping in and out for a bite to eat. Seems to like the mini muffins best. Even though I have out fat balls and blocks.

My first Blackcap sighting this winter was a male but now I am joined by a delightful female. I haven't seen the male for a few days. They are both attracted by SF hearts.