Great Spotted Woodpecker

At last! This is the first time I've seen a Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding up near the house - they usually stick to the feeders at the bottom of the garden. It was Birdman who spotted him (and he also took the photos).

Ignore the glare from the kitchen window ;o)

Elsewhere in the garden...

Our little Coal Tit is still busy taking moss and wool

I wish this little one was in the nest box, but it's not!

Woodpigeon


And Albert (not in the garden!)

Soggy Sparrowhawk

Found this chap drying out on top of the bird table this morning - another very dull, rainy day.

I've used the wrong cropping tool on some of them but I can't be bothered doing them again!

Coal Tit

A coal tit has been busy taking moss and wool from the garden today.








Through a rain-soaked window:

By 1pm is was so dark it was more like dusk.

The only recent visitor to the nest box was a nosy starling this morning - only the beak was visible on the camera, obviously, as they are unable to get right in.

I can hear quite a few great tits calling when I'm in the garden, or when the windows are open, so hopefully they'll find their way to the nest box soon - an empty one will be incredibly boring to watch!

NestCam Update

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We've had no visits inside the box since I last posted pictures from it. Not giving up hope yet, though, because last year things didn't kick off properly until 13th April.

I don't think there's much nesting activity going on up here yet - I've got both moss and wool in the garden and it hasn't been touched at all so far.

The garden is busy on-and-off: It's busy on cold days and then very quiet on the warmer/brighter days.

No pics from the garden at the moment - the closest hanging feeders currently contain nesting material - and no one seems to want that yet! I'm trying to keep the area near the nest box as quiet as I can so all food has been moved further away for a while.

So, until I can take some bird pics, here's one of Albert the greyhound enjoying a run on the beach. He wears a muzzle off-lead at the moment as he's still got a very strong chasing instinct - which currently includes small dogs called Frou-Frou. Once he understands they're not rabbits or hares I'll be able to throw the muzzle away!