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The first juvenile goldfinches arrived this morning - and yesterday we had a juvenile pied wagtail following its parent around the lawn.

A bit distant but... young pied wagtail

Young goldfinch - yet to get his red face


And Albert taking on his more typical pose: (webcam shot)

Also - forgot to mention this... last week we had a new garden tick - a male bullfinch. By the time I'd focused the camera he'd gone!

Shortest Day

-8°C at 8am. A neighbour claimed -10°C at 6.45am.

Another busy day with fourteen Blackbirds all feeding at the same time, beating yesterday's record by three! Now all I need is a Fieldfare, Redwing and Mistle Thrush to follow them in!

Blue Tit







The Black-headed Gulls arrived early, but as usual didn't stay long. Eleven of them today.


Robin



House Sparrow in warm water

Starlings

Pied Wagtail

-7°C

-7°C at 8am this morning - tropical!

Nuthatch


Willy Wagtail



Blue Tit




And a couple of late arrivals - appearing not long before dark...

Song Thrush

And a Great Spotted Woodpecker. This is the first time I've seen one on this feeder - it's a step closer than it's usual spot.
One step further and it'll be at the kitchen window feeder.

A Chilly Saturday

A rather chilly -3°C here this morning with a hard frost, but we did start off with some sunshine, and I managed to get a few pics before going shopping...

Our Nuthatch - he's currently visiting us several times a day. He always flies off with his sunflower hearts to eat them elsewhere...

Starling

Pied Wagtail - they love grated cheese but the Starlings usually get there first...

Blue Tit. Still no birds using the nest box overnight. There was another visit this week but he or she again went no further than the entrance.



Blackbird

We had a bright morning today - the first one in over a week...

As is quite normal, a Blackbird was busy in the garden before the sun was up. I scatter a pint of sunflower hearts around the shrub borders each evening and throw out some apples when I have them. The Blackbirds always arrive first, closely followed by a Robin.

The Siskins have been AWOL since mid-September. Hoping for a return visit soon.

Male Chaffinch

Pied Wagtail



And this little chap, a Blue Tit...

Wonder what happened to him...

Even using my binoculars I couldn't make out his left eye.