Awake again for the dawn chorus: a trio of sparring blackbirds and me dozily trying — and failing — to turn the calling lesser black-backs into passing scoters. It felt very quiet in the garden though there was no time when there wasn't something going on out there. The tailless collared dove has lost the tatters of its old tail feathers and has the promise of dark new ones just showing. The female great tit's inspecting the nest boxes again, it would be nice to have something over than tree bumblebees and wood mice use one.
- Blackbird 2
- Blue Tit 1
- Carrion Crow 1
- Coal Tit 1
- Collared Dove 3
- Dunnock 1
- Goldfinch 1
- Great Tit 1
- Greenfinch 1
- House Sparrow 15
- Jackdaw 1
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
- Robin 1
- Starling 4
- Woodpigeon 3
- Wren 1
An entirely gull-less day out on the school playing field, nearly all the action was woodpigeons and jackdaws. As I was repainting the front doorstep I noticed a crow harrying a male sparrowhawk as it soared over the school, past my house and off towards the river.
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