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Into Autumn

 I have been seeing reports online of waxwings and redwings in good number. At home the blackbirds have long since stripped the rowan of berries and I don't hold out hope of anything exciting.

The back garden has been very quiet, not helped by neighbours having an extension built. Recently a flock of blue tits invaded the garden going, I think, for insects sheltering in battening attached to the back wall. I disinfected one my my feeders and put out a small quantity of sunflower hearts. The flock, including a few great tits, reappeared and had me thinking that it was time to put out the other feeders. However they left without finishing what was there and the garden has been devoid of birds ever since.

The front garden has been a different matter although all birds have been commonplace. I have a small hanging table on which I put a mix of fat pellets, dried mealworms and pinhead oatmeal. The robin isn't tame but he is usually sitting in a tree complaining about my presence by the time I have put the food out. It has also attracted a dunnock, blue tit and blackbird.

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