BIRD NEWS:429

The first photo today comes from the mid-August trip to West Wittering/Itchenor that I took with Liz. Hopefully you can spot a pair of oyster catchers along with a gull. This second shot also depicts an oyster catcher.

My final shot from this excursion shows 3 oyster catchers. Back home, and still there are few visits from my feathered friends. It may be the quiet season, other people's pet cats may trespass, or it may be some other reason - but the only regulars are Mr Bob squeaking at me from the tree around 5-5.30am calling for seed and suet, Pidge eating his leftovers, and the occasional single starling or 3-4 sparrow group. I did one day have 2 goldfinches pop by though, and managed to capture a single shot of one on the nyjer seed.

Here we see the early morning crowd minus Mr Bob the robin. Pidge is kindly sharing the seed with the sparrows. Pidge flew away and came back - finding them still munching at the seed supply. Up on the bedroom windowsill, it is cat-free! Alas, that is not the case on the ground - where the fluffy black furball of someone else's ownership snatched a baby jackdaw last week. I flew out of the house hoping to be in time to prevent a death - but found no trace of cat or bird. Hopefully the cat ran away and jackdaw escaped....but knowing THAT troublesome cat, it might have ran off with the bird still in its mouth.