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What a shame .

To cheer us all up, I saw a big, fat, slow-flying bumbly bee today enjoying the sunshine

Went out with the bird food this morning, got up on the road, looked up and four geese were flying by.

Interesting - something a bit different now and then

Blue Tits today was my garden visitors they have started to house hunt ,very little Sparrows and no sturks. Lots of birds arriving at the cliffs it would of been a good day to go but I think the paths would be pretty wet,

The lowest-flying buzzard I've ever seen. Flew for many minutes only at (high) treetop level round and round. It was warily circled by a large crow who was plainly not amused and a blackbird, two blueys and a wood pigeon in my garden ate on unmoved .

Last week, Paul (of Mulberry Tree Moving fame ) came to give my trees a haircut and whilst I was presenting him with the bill for a mug of builder's and two home-made pikelets we got chatting - he's a birder too.
He said that he'd been listening to "the siskins" but I told him it's been many years since I saw a siskin here.

Today what pops up in the cherry but two siskins . Fair do's, Paul

Lovely bird the Siskin.

Well done on the Siskins Placi . It is at this time of year their natural food has run out and they look for alternative supplies.
Nowadays I get to see a circling Buzzard almost every week but the Corvids don't like them and very often escort them out of the area.

I'm almost certain this is a female blackcap and can't find anything similar it could be. I saw something bobbing about in a bush at the bottom of the garden and thought it may be a wren as there is one we see sometimes. But once I could see it better then it was definitely something else. It was a little tricky as it kept moving about and was hidden by branches most of the time so best I could get. It was pecking away at the stems so I'm guessing it was looking for insects.