The weather remains largely wet, notwithstanding the odd brighter day, and temperatures a variable.
Anyway I can report a first ever garden sighting following the confirmed appearance of a siskin.
The siskin is of course not an uncommon bird. Up to now I have wondered whether it was due to elevation.
Actually it's more likely explained by the lack in this immediate vicinity of pine trees, which do of course occur at considerable height, is the causal factor.
I've also mentioned occasional appearances by male and female chaffinches lately, and a couple of days ago both turned up to feed off the ground.
It looks like chaffinches may now be a thing as one or other has reappeared recently.
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A recent visit to Boldon Flats also produced some quite nice sightings, notably a lot of wigeon
Unfortunately it didn't produce any birds of prey or migrant rarities. Just a little egret that, after showing well for a while, made itself more and more scarce. I spent quite a lot of time grappling with camera technicalities. There have been some further signs of spring. Last week a probable honey bee hovered around the open garage door. At the tennis club, a toad was found crawling across court 4 to the river and I tried to rescue an early bumblebee queen, unfortunately on the point of dying. |
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