This is the graveyard robin perched on the end of the wall that separates his territory from the town playing field, from where he can look over our fence to....
....a bird table which belongs to the garden robin. Given a chance, the graveyard robin will nip across the no-man's land of the public road and grab a quick snack but woe betide him if he's seen by the garden robin. In fact, the garden robin is probably the nastiest robin we've come across. Not only does he chase other robins but also....
....dunnocks, the most self-effacing of small birds.
He'll also have a go at the sparrows but they have the advantage of numbers - thank goodness, not yet as high as at the beginning of the year.
The coal tits also like this little bird table, which is stocked every lunchtime so we can watch the fun while we eat, but they are wary of the sparrows. Sadly, the number of coal tits has fallen - we're now down to two - but the number of....
....other tits has remained high. We counted five blue tits at one time in the back garden recently, and three great tits. We also have a fairly steady supply of green finches, up to three at a time, chaffinches, blackbirds and the very occasional....
....goldfinch. After this one visited us we rushed out and bought....
....a big packet of nyjer, which is supposed to be a goldfinch's favourite food, since when we haven't seen a single one, though the blue tits will, occasionally, take a few nyjer seeds, as if they're a bit sorry for us. All of which is very frustrating as, when we are out on our walks, we not infrequently see....
....'charms' of goldfinches feeding off ordinary, common grass seeds - these ones were at Littleferry.
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