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Nice to see the return of the Goldfinch on May Day. Spotted three in the garden, two of which are very pally and are having a great time flitting from bush to bush. One of them has just been preening in the Hawthorne but as usual will do a disappearing act when I get the camera. Oh well here is a picture...

Just enjoy what "we have" and look after our environment!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tam

There was quite a bit of activity in the garden when I arrived home just after 6pm today. The only absentee was BR, who was off in the distance doing a spot of territorial singing in the late afternoon sunshine. He joined me some time later. Mrs BR deciding which bath to use I believe we...

The sunshine certainly got the bird population going today. I went to get some more mealies for BR and looked for a suitable water feature for the garden and then returned via Three Kings Pond to see what the residents were up to. I then spent the afternoon on the sunlounger and was joined by BR (not...

We just experienced quite a substantial downpour here in Mitcham. BR tried to keep singing in the holly tree, even when all the other birds had gone. He was totally soaked through but continued singing. I stood beneath him (getting soaked too) and called to him. He looked down and then flew across to...

Lovely and warm today (even managed 30 mins sunbathing earlier) but it's clouding over now. The BT's have been quite vocal and one of them has been checking out the nesting box that was ignored last year. It is on the garage wall just behind the flowering currant and is only 5' off the ground...

The formatted SD card is working well enough. It was after 5pm and rather gloomy when I got home and the first bird I saw was this goldie off in the distance. Looks like the card was not damaged. I will get a new one just in case...

Here are four of the goldies chomping on the niger seed as the snow swirls around them. Hardy little things aren't they?