I glanced out of the window this morning and saw a bird on the feeder with plumage that I didn't recognise. It was clearly a finch but the angle meant that I couldn't see details. Watching for a couple of minutes the way it kept looking around seemed very familiar and a quick check in a field guide confirmed my suspicion that the semi-resident pair of bullfinches had raised a brood and at least one had survived.
Health issues mean that I haven't been paying any attention to my blogs but I was roused from my afternoon cup of tea today but a most unholy racket. Yes the parakeets have finallyarrived in my part of Chesham with a flock of five in the tree in my neighbours garden. It had to come eventually as they have been in Rickmansworth for years. Not much else happening apart from the usual circling kites and the occasional buzzard. I haven't seen anything eating my rowan berries but the tree is being steadily stripped. Usually its a mix of wood pigeons and blackbirds. Collared doves seem to be back in this end of the village as I saw a pair while waiting for the bus this week. They used to be garden regulars but hadn't seen any near the house for years.
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