Well the past two days we had a mixed kind of weather, one minute nice warm summer sun, the next lightning, thunder and downpour...British summer I guess. It is a petty though that the summer so far has been so unpredictable no sun friendly at all...maybe it has something to do with Glanstobury and Wimbledon??

The weather had also, it seems, an affect on the birds that they are regularly visiting our garden, with the exception of course of the jackdaws who will come raining or shine......The most regular are a couple of chaffinches and in particular the male who is currently the loudest of all the birds that they are around. He could have easily have won any bird singing competition. You will always see him either on the bird feeder or on the feeding wall, eating and chirping. He is one of the bravest little birds as well as he doesn't seem to be bothered by other big or small birds around. He is not only a great singer but also a very good looking bird, one of the prettiest finches I have seen so far.

Yesterday also we saw again after a few days of disappearance the mummy blackbird coming to our garden to feed like the old days, mostly before the sudden appearance of her little chick. Which of course brought to mind fond memories of that cute bird and questions of whether is still around and if so where about. I guess this is one thing that we'll probably never find out.


Today also it looks like a more promising day with a lot of sunshine and some more bird appearances including the shy jay. Also it hasn't been so bad with the jackdaws which they are seem to have reduced in numbers. Do I dare hope? Only time will tell!


bird feeder