It has been really, really cold over the last couple of weeks and I started to notice a robin popped up every time I went outside. Because of this, we thought we might try feeding the birds again (previous attempts here completely failed) and bought some mealworms and a window feeder. Philip has also built a pulley operated peanut feeder so that the food is nice and high and the birds will be able to see any cats.
We had instant success and over the last week we’ve seen two blue tits, two great tits, five (very greedy) starlings as well as the robin every day. We’ve also had some slightly more interesting birds - a long tailed tit, a pied wagtail (I think - it was flitting around near the back bedrooom window) and something today that looked a bit like a fieldfare or a thrush with white flashes on its wings. I can’t help but think though, by the way the blackbird was acting, that it was a slightly oddly coloured female blackbird - it has a speckled breast, as young blackbirds do, so may have been a juvenile. The blackbird is one of our most regular customers and has been enjoying eating chunks of apple in the snow.
Last night I made some suet cakes for them - no interest yet but we’ll see.
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