We now have half-a-dozen or so male chiffchaffs in the open woodland up the track from our house. They're all singing at the tops of their voices - which doesn't mean they're easy to find in the matted branches of the trees, so it took some time to....
....manage a close-up of one of them. I still can't believe that this small bundle of feathers was the other side of the Sahara desert a few weeks ago.
If the chiffchaffs are long-distance commuters, this is the epitome of the stay-at-homes, a pretty little female house sparrow, one of a small colony of the species which, although it's only a short distance away, never gets as far as our garden.
Another demure young lady is this female chaffinch, one of an argumentative group which dominates the feeders in our garden, their only serious rivals being....
....an unusually large 'charm' of goldfinches.
I'm pleased to say that we're now seeing rather more siskins in the garden than we had a few weeks ago, often in the company of the goldfinches.
And this is our resident back-garden robin, singing from a perch at the top of the highest fir tree, which, while it gives him a useful overview of his territory so he can be quick to see off any rivals, also gives him....
....a panoramic view out over the Moray Firth.
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