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I think a Dunnock has apointed beak while a sparrows beak is a bit more like a finch.

Lydford Gorge is lovely.I have been there several times .Did you walk the plank to the Devils Cauldron Vera?( I think that is what it is called)
I have only seen a Kingfisher a couple of times.One sitting on a branch at the side of a river and the other time was just a glimpse as one flew over a stream.I hadn't realised how small they are.!!!
Still busy here with all sorts on the window feeder.It never stops.My Sister who has been staying here for the weekend said she thought we had a Dunnock on the feeder.I thought it was a Sparrow.She may well be right :-D

that does sound magical Vera.

Very windy today, quite a bit of sun but also rain and hail.

OH counted 10 Goldfinches round the feeders this morning. Trouble is they can't all get on so spend more time squabbling than eating. :-D

I saw my first kingfisher many years ago at Lydford Gorge. OH and I walked as far as was allowed but most people turned back before the last quarter mile so we were on our own. We stayed very still and quiet and for quite a few minutes watched a kingfisher diving into the water for his dinner. It was magical and, though I have seen a few since, nothing has ever quite matched that experience.

Still not much in the garden except the persistent starlings. We did have a goldfinch on the Niger seeds a couple of days ago but he was on his own and we haven't seen him since. I removed a fat cake thing that was going mouldy but it's barely been touched and I put up a home made one that usually disappears very quickly, and I filled the seed feeders but I think the birds are all sheltering today from the rain and wind. It's horrid outside :-(

Don't envy you then Graham, wrap up well it is very cold. :-)

I see kingfishers here quite often. :-) They fly ever so fast. So sometimes all you see is a blue blur flashing past. Other times I have seen one perched in a tree gazing at the canal.

I've got to go to work in a minute. I think I'm going to get wet. :-(

Very cold rain here now, bitterly cold out. Had the Goldfinches in earlier but gone now.

Graham you are lucky. Do you know I have never seen a Kingfisher and would love to.

I've just seen a kingfisher. :-)

It's a bit drizzly out today. It was nice and bright when I got up. What happened? :-S

Thank goodness, love Spring and that 'going forward' feeling. :-)

I have heard that the number of goldfinches is on the up. There did seem to be a lot around last year.

I see that there are a few snowdrops about now. It must be spring. :-)

Wonder where they have all come from suddenly Maryanna? wonder if their natural food has suddenly dried up?

Well, I was going to make a comment, but ........

Ditto to Ann !!!!!

I was quite excited to see the Goldfinches, they were amongst the Sparrows so I was wondering what the colour was that I kept seeing.

M.

We seem to be getting a lot of Goldfinches again. Only three out there at the moment but yesterday there were five feeding and three in the tree. Strange how they change their habits. Not quite so many Great and Blue Tits at the moment though but still three or four blackbirds.

Breads a no no then Jane.

Kandj daughter is coping quite well andtrying to make a social life for herself. She also goes walking a bit on her own. She is coming down for three days next week.

A dark wet day here today, not much activity around although I did spot a solitary Magpie on the garden wall, not seen them about for a long time.

Surprised you still have the ra** about Jane, they must like your bird food a lot!!

How is your daughter coping Ann. I often think of her and hope she has friends near.

Ann I have tried putting bread in and it gets turfed out :-S :-S..We still have Ra** so I don't want a lot of bread on the ground.I will just keep my eye open and shoo the squirrel off as soon as I see it it scampering up the garden towards the feeder.The only other thing is not to feed my birds and I can't do that .They would be mortified lol..There could well be a riot :-S :-S

Your only hope is he/she keeps eating until too fat to fit in the feeder. Try filling it with bread for a couple of days and see if that puts it off. The birds will soon return.

I was quite dumbfounded Ann .It just looked so unreal .Once again the camera was nowhere nearby :-S.It would have been a great pic :-D
Squirrel quite safe :-D :-S.Still fitting quite nicely in the window feeder .I filled the feeder up before we went out for most of today .Came home to a completely empty one.Not even an empty shell of a sunflower seed :-S.I think Squirrel must know when we aren't here and just sits in there and eats the whole darned lot :-| :-|

The mind boggles Jane. Glad it was tethered or squirrel friend might be no more. On the other hand.......... :-D :-D

Yesterday I saw a man riding a Quad Bike up the road with a HUGE bird of prey(it looked like an Eagle) sitting on the handle bars !!!!!!.It was obviously tethered ,but it looked so comfy sat there lol.Heaven knows where they were going ,or why he had the bird like that????.I have never seen anything like it.