The weather here in Lincolnshire has been grey, cold and miserable for seemingly ages now and I just can't drum up any enthusiasm to go out and indeed why should I when the garden is full of birds giving an enthralling display. We also have had today two new visitors to the garden pond - Redpolls, hopefully they will make regular visits so we can get some photos. Other regulars fighting for the feeders are; 7 Tree Sparrows, 5 Blue Tits, 7 Great Tits, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 G S Woodpecker and 3 Grey Squirrels which Wayne keeps chasing off to no avail. We also have a resident Pheasant which roosts in our Yew Tree and creates the biggest pile of poo in one night imaginable straight outside the shed door and unexpectedly this morning 5 Peacocks set up residence on the patio. For the first year ever we also have a small party of 20 Redwings and 2 Mistle Thrush who regularly come to feed in the paddock at the bottom of the garden and again another first last week when a Herring Gull was also feeding in the paddock. I am not sure what's attracting these new visitors except there are a lot of mole hills this year probably due to the severity of the winter and the birds are feeding in and among these.
