In the current hot spell one of the fat blocks melted yesterday. Curiously the starling in the position that I thought would be warmer is in one piece. I think a different fat is used, presumably with a higher melting point.
The starlings are still around in numbers while wood pigeons, blue tits, goldfinches, chaffinches, blackbirds, robins and dunnocks are all regular visitors. I did see one cock sparrow in the garden recently but great tits, coal tits and greenfinches are all absent.
On Sunday morning I saw a kite west of Hemel again, over the A414 between the M1 and the woods. From posts on various forums I suspect that they may have nested in that wooded area.
The starlings are still around in numbers while wood pigeons, blue tits, goldfinches, chaffinches, blackbirds, robins and dunnocks are all regular visitors. I did see one cock sparrow in the garden recently but great tits, coal tits and greenfinches are all absent.
On Sunday morning I saw a kite west of Hemel again, over the A414 between the M1 and the woods. From posts on various forums I suspect that they may have nested in that wooded area.
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