The last garden safari for a while, I might post re-vamped old posts from this time in previous years. I'll be under the kitchen floor looking into replacing my heating pump, and I suspect it's that old that a direct bolt in won't be an option. Olive hasn't yet said she'd cuddle me to to keep warm! (and probably never will)
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One of the two House Mice in my garden (that I know of), click here for video
One of two House Mice under the cotoneaster, and why not, it's got two feeders in it and many careless birds dropping seed. It seems unlikely they were Wood mice as first thought, I've now seen one in the open and light and it doesn't fit the Wood description
Good to see the male Yellowhammer, he'd went missing for a few days
Woodpigeon, photographed at F22
The male Chaffinch is a bit wary but didn't seem bothered by my tripod and camera in the kitchen sink and through the open window
Even the Greenfinches were feeding on the ground to keep out of the strong wind blowing the bushes and feeders around
Starlings, always a noisy species
I'm not seeing families of young Starlings in the garden, most years the adults have 2-4 young chasing them around. Just now it seems to be singletons or maybe two