We got to see the heron for just a few moments before it strode into the reeds out of view.
In the next hide, the main one, we saw quite a lot of birds. We also saw a lot of squirrels. In this shot, one of the latter is enjoying the sunflower hearts while either a bullfinch or a nuthatch (I forget the order we saw the birds in we saw so many ad the photo is blurred) munched nearby.
In the next shot, a woodpecker joined a blue tit and the squirrel.
At one point, we counted 11 squirrels - at one time - sightable from this single hide. The squirrel and woodpecker munched on.
Next, a male pheasant strolled into the scene and pecked at fallen seed below the feeder station to the left of the hide.
I mentioned that there were almost a dozen squirrels at one point when we counted...there were also a lot of wood pigeons for around 20 minutes. This shot shows the main area where they all seemed to congregate - firstly squirrels, then both, then wood pigeons.
There were both species everywhere for a while - and a magpie joins in in this photo.
This
is a left over photo I forgot to post from Shoreham Estuary.
The squirrels and wood pigeons seem to get along very well. That wide shot is really nice.
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