A Battle for the Sunflower Seeds

In the absence of almost all the other small birds from the feeders in our back garden these last few (very anxious) weeks the one bird that has stuck with us, our resident robin, has grown quite proficient at getting sunflower seeds out of their container, so you can imagine his fury when, yesterday....

....a coal tit appeared and began feeding on his sunflower seeds.

Robins are famous for their short fuses and their aggression when it comes to matters of mating and territory so....

....as can be seen in this action shot, the robin made short work of chasing the coal tit away, pursuing it until it took refuge in the deep, dark depths of some nearby gorse bushes, after which....

...the robin found a perch on one of the trees that overlooks our garden and sang loudly about its triumphs - not noticing that....

....the coal tit was back.