I took lots of pictures on my mobile during a visit to SV on Sunday, but despite looking promising when viewed on a minute screen, they mainly looked rubbish when viewed on computer. Hence the limited uploads.
Bird-wise, it was pretty quiet too – not a single martin seen over the village all afternoon. However, the BM playing fields were little busier, with a loose pack of around 20 Pied Wagtails around the new athletics track, and a flock of perhaps 60 – 80 Starlings, with a few Mistle Thrushes on the periphery.
Good to see lots of the new birdboxes in the maturing woodland around Bowhalls too.
In mum and dad’s garden, it seems that absence of any cats – after several decades of between one and four stalking around – has been welcomed by the local bird population.
Two of the tamest Dunnocks I have ever seen hopped around for much of the afteroon, along with the sparrows, while Long-tailed Tits, Greenfinches and Goldfinches hung close by waiting for their chance to get on the nyjer seed feeder.
