The starling chicks have been demolishing the fat bars, unfortunately their appetites are starting to run beyond my budget now that I have retired. A new visitor today was a nuthatch who kept returning for sunflower hearts which were taken away by the beakfull. Conveniently it stayed put admiring the view while I unpacked the camera. On the other hand the long tailed tits have long since moved on and I haven't seen a coal tit in the garden for quite a while. I have also noticed a lack of yellowhammers when driving locally. On a plus side I have heard swifts over Chesham and Aylesbury in recent weeks.
Once upon a time you could find me birding on the Thames marshes almost every weekend through the winter. For various reasons I am now seldom able to travel to good birding sites. I am lucky, however, to live in the beautiful Chiltern Hills and this blog is to document the birds that I see on my own patch.