Blackbirds and Bottlenose Whales

A male first-winter Blackbird came to the ground feeder today, which I had placed at the top of the steps by the kitchen door. He took some sunflower hearts from the white bowl. The only other visitor to the ground feeder today was one of our three Robins - unfortunately I missed the opportunity to take a photo as I was completely distracted by the Sky News coverage of the northern bottlenose whale rescue attempt. We get Robins in the garden most days, but it's not very often we see a whale in the River Thames! A great shame the rescue attempt failed.