I have just set my a small DVR to record from one of the two nest-boxes with internal camera and to my surprise it got a quick visit from a Blue Tit.

It certainly wasn't a particularly good picture, I know I bought at the bottom of the range, but the pictures on the TV didn't look too bad. Perhaps it will be better if I set it to video, or when the bird settles down and isn't' moving all the time?

As it was pretty snowy today, I decided to set up a fruit table, primarily for the Blackbirds, but available, if they dare face the wrath of the Merle, to other fruit eaters.

I really like pictures of birds in snow, there's something ethereal about them. This Chaffinch is looking somewhat quizzical, waiting under the feeders for scraps to fall.




I was pleased to see this Song Thrush come close to the window and get it's share of apple and banana. When I took a walk (got wet feet) to the end of the garden I was surprised to flush at least three thrushes out of the little Crab Apple tree. This tree was briefly visited by a Waxwing a few years ago so I check regularly in the hope that this might be repeated. With the appearance of the bird below I'm not sure that all the thrushes I saw at the bottom of the garden were Song Thrushes.

Late in the day I looked out of the window and saw this beautiful Redwing by the fountain. They really are beautiful little thrushes and only visited the garden when the weather is extremely bad. I hope that it returns tomorrow when the light is better, it deserves a better portrait. It is a first winter bird, you can tell by he pale tips on the coverts that form a faint wing bar.
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