I'm afraid it's gone from not seeing much while out to not being able or wanting to go out because of the weather. I've been keeping an eye open for reports of waxwings and hawfinches but the former have only just started to turn up in small numbers in the last few days and the latter have been restricted to locations further South.
So the focus has again been on the restricted action in the garden.
Last weekend brought some severe frosts and a heavy snowfall followed by an overnight surge in temperature to 15C! But the cold weather has at least brought some bird interest and a jay has ventured into the garden a couple of times, very nervily and constantly hopping around the trees at the back fence.
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| Jay |
It was quite lucky to catch it staying still for a couple of instants.
The nuthatch on the other hand has become more confident and quite frequent on the seed feeder. In fact I should say nuthatches plural, as it one day became apparent that more than one was joining in the fun.
Nuthatches
I wondered about a pair but it looks like they are both males.
I also put out some fat balls for the long-tailed tits but so far no sign of any takers beyond a great tit but something has taken some fair chunks out of them.
One result of the long mild spell has been I suspect an increase in the local mouse population. A somewhat gruesome consequence was that half a dozen have managed to drown themselves in the buckets I use to catch water dropping from the summer house roof.
Not a great way to go...
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