For the last couple of months we haven't seen many birds in the garden. They've managed to find bugs and treats elsewhere. However, with the colder days on the increase, bugs and food are becoming more and more scarce and over the last couple of days we've seen sparrows and tits feeding on the suet balls we have hanging on our bird feeder.
Last winter, a large variety of birds visited the garden from blue tits and great tits to sparrows, finches, thrushes, blackbirds and even robins. Of course, putting out bird food also meant the inevitable visit from the large clumsy pigeons who always manage to chase the smaller birds away and then plod around under the bird feeder picking at the seeds the other birds have dropped until one of the neighbour's cats comes along to make a tasty (or not-so tasty) meal out of them. Let's hope we don't have to pick up the remains of too many pigeons this winter.
It's always a treat watching the different varieties of birds coming to visit and trying to identify them and listening to them tweeting and chirping away. Welcome back birdies!
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