It's been a while since I last updated this blog, but with the extreme cold weather I, like the wildlife, have spent most of the time trying to stay warm.
Over the winter I've provided the local wildlife with numerous typical winter food, from peanuts to fat snacks and all kinds of seeds.
The regular feeds have resulted in an increasing number of visitors to the feeders and below them, including jays, pheasants and the now regular great-spotted woodpecker.
Over the last two weeks the four nestboxes I have in the garden have attracted numerous enquiries for spring residents, including the returning blue tits - the reason why I started this blog.
But to my surprise and delight, two more of the nestboxes look like being occupied. Below the blue tit box, a robin is building a nest in the honeysuckle, while a great tit is making frequent visits to another nestbox on the other side of the garden.
With the clocks going forward I'll be able to check up on the new residents next week and update with images and video.
One exciting development was a new bird for my garden this morning, a chiffchaff. Think he/she may have arrived back in this country a little too late to take up residence in my garden, though you never know!
The pond has developed nicely since last year and is now crystal clear, thanks to extreme winter cold no doubt. I spotted a couple of frogs on the road the other night and I'm hoping they use my pond to deposit their frog spawn.
Finally I spotted a male chaffinch doing something very weird last weekend. It appeared to be trying to fight with a reflection of itself in my car wing mirror. It did this on two days and after that was spotted doing it to a neighbours car.
Anyway below is the video of it, with your thoughts welcome.
