Lazy Sunday

Goldfinch 

I was going to do ever such a lot.

Dawn chorus kicked in with the blackbird at 0344, his rival at the station joining the fray about ten minutes after. The wren was a lot earlier than usual, at 0424, joined very quickly by a singing carrion crow on the chimney. A couple of magpies kicked about a bit while the band played on, a woodpigeon joined in at quarter to five. All a bit like the Bonzo Dog Doo Dash Band's Intro And Outro. We had ten minutes' intermission before the woodpigeons, the blackbird and a couple of collared doves started the second movement. A second woodpigeon joined in, the invisible spadgers chirped in the roses, a jackdaw muttered to itself in tongues as it flew by.

I cat-napped awhile then reviewed my options for the day before realising I didn't have the energy for much else besides being sat on by the cat and drinking too much tea. Ah well, it's supposed to be a day of rest.

As is traditional round here one of the baby blue tits has hooked up with one of the gangs of sparrows, I've not seen enough of the cock sparrows to work out which one. The robin didn't start singing until teatime then barely stopped until sundown.

• Blackbird 2 singing
• Blue tit 1
• Carrion crow 2, 1 singing 
• Collared dove 2 singing 
• Goldfinch 1
• Great tit 1
• House sparrow 6
• Jackdaw 5
• Lesser black-back 2 overhead 
• Magpie 2
• Robin 1 singing 
• Starling 5
• Swift 1
• Woodpigeon 2 singing 
• Wren 1 singing 

It looks like we're going to have another week of fits and starts weatherwise, I'll make sure to wear my cap.

The back garden.
The spadgers and woodpigeons have been having rose petal baths.