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Blue tit feeding in the reeds at RSPB Radipole. Weymouth, Dorset, UK. 14/04/11.

Blue tit feeding in the reedbed at RSPB Radipole. Weymouth, UK. 14/04/11.

We humans are constantly bombarded with messages that Fat Is Bad. It's less lard, more olive oil these days. And rightly so, much of the time. Now that many of us live rather sedentary lives, sitting around in heated offices and houses, fat isn't as important for us as it once was. For birds...

As I look out of the office window, there's a constant stream of birds, especially coal tits , visiting the webcam bird feeder here at The Lodge . Where have they come from and what are they doing? It's been noticeable for the past two weeks. Are the birds migrants, newly-arrived here and...