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Christmas

I had some leisure to watch what came into my garden today. With one feeder out of action because I lost one of the fittings after taking it apart for cleaning and another bitten throug by a squirrel I only have a single four port feeder in use at the moment.

I am getting a good mix of tits with blues, greats and marsh/willow (I still haven't decided which) as regular visitors. At least one long tailed came through the garden today but didn't come to the feeder.

Dunnocks, robins, blackbirds and wood pigeons come to the ground feeders and chaffinches have become common visitors.

A pre lunch walk gave be a good look at a goldcrest, something I haven't seen locally since the fir tree in the middle of my small back garden became too large and had to be taken out. No kites locally which is unusual now. For a long time they tended not to come this side of Chesham but that has definitely changed.

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