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Can't remember if I've said this before, but standing near Sainsbury's about 2am the bird song is incredible. Jaw-droppingly incredible in fact. OH thinks it's because of all the lights and they think it is still day, and of course there is little traffic noise at that time. But surely they must sleep some time?
They flower around this time, in the Winter, I remember the first time I saw a Camellia, in the seventies, I was working in the city, went out for a walk one lunchtime in January/February and was gobsmacked to see a shrub in full bloom somewhere around the Guildhall, 'twas a Camellia I subsequently discovered and have had a soft spot for them ever since :)
How nice at last to be able to admire again the views from the bridge in the Japanese Garden). I don't know when it was actually repaired but it's nice to be able to watch the waterfowl there. I suspect the restoration might attract some criticism though, as the gaps along the sides of the bridge are quite wide...certainly wide enough to let a small child through.
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Our garden is filled with blue tits every morning & throughout the day. Lovely red robins too. I was rather filled with joy to see them return a couple of weeks ago & ever since - This weather has been harsh but happy to see that it hasn't effected them. I think they are a pair & together were building a nest in the Autumn. One particular is always around to watch me gardening. I leave suet, nuts & fruit out for them.

Noooo - they haven't started nesting yet, have they? Haven't seen any twig gatherers in my neck of the woods - relying on them not having started as I have grand designs to reduce the height and depth of the hedge out back favoured by the robins, dunnocks and wrens. But if they've started, then it's a no go..


Last year we collected some sheep wool, while out walking one day, and put it into what was supposed to be a globular peanut feeder. It went down extremely well with the coal tits - their chicks must have had really cosy nests :-)

Yes nest building is definitely happening. Two collared doves collecting grasses in their beaks. And a pair of coal tits checking out the nesting box on the back wall. Also, the greater spotted woodpecker appears to have found a mate. He's been hammering on all the TV ariels in the road, broadcasting for company ? Never seen this behaviour before. Has anybody else ?

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