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A much quieter day today and a leisurely morning in the garden for the birds. Plenty of signs of Spring with blackcap, collared dove, robin, goldfinch and woodpigeon singing in the trees. It was a relief to see the goldcrest back in the garden, fussing about in the Mahonia bush.

I spent a while cutting back some of the rose bushes, much to the disgust of the long-tailed tits that were trying to get to the feeder I was working round. While I was at it I resurrected an old bird table and set it up at the base of the Mahonia, I'm hoping it might get used by the collared doves and thrushes.

• Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
• Blackbird 1
• Blackcap 1
• Blue Tit 1
• Carrion Crow 1
• Collared Dove 2
• Dunnock 1
• Goldcrest 1
• Goldfinch 3
• House Sparrow 10
• Jackdaw 3
• Long-tailed Tit 4
• Robin 1
• Rook 1
• Starling 13
• Woodpigeon 1

It was a very quiet day on the school playing field. An astonishingly quiet day after yesterday's crowd scene.

• Black-headed Gull 6
• Great Tit 1
• Jackdaw 4
• Rook 3