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We moved along to a hide to watch from and I took more than a few shots. Here are a host of goldfinches with a female pheasant below. I also managed to capture a nuthatch, though the most frequent visitors were blue tit and great tit.

Here is Naboo.

Looking in the other direction there was a squirrel doing the splits while eating...though I was not quick enough to capture the bird I had taken the photo of.

So, back to the goldfinches and female pheasant.

I was trying to capture a coal tit, or nuthatch, or possibly a siskin...

I got a robin in this shot though the bird I wanted flew off.

So, here is Naboo

According to the wildlife trusts- Copyright (C) 2023 The Wildlife Trusts. , birds are in the nightskies via constellations with the following historical beleifs:

Cygnus (the swan)

There’s even a swan constellation. Mythology says that Cygnus convinced Zeus to let him help a friend who had fallen into a river. Zeus turned Cygnus into a swan and then to honour him for saving his friend, made him into a constellation.

Corvus (the raven)

Legend tells us that the constellation of Crater is the cup of the gods. This cup belonged to the god of the skies himself, the venerable archer-god Apollo. And who holds this cup, dressed in black? The raven, Corvus. The story of a creature sent to fetch water for his master, only to stop to eat figs. Corvus loitered too long, waiting for a fig to ripen. When he realised his mistake, the raven returned to Apollo with his cup and brought along the serpent Hydra in his claws as well, claiming that the snake prevented him from filling the cup.

Realising his feathered-friend’s lie, Apollo became angry and tossed the cup (Crater), the snake (Hydra) and the raven (Corvus) into the sky, where they became constellations for all eternity. He further punished the raven by making sure the cup would be out of reach, ensuring he would forever be thirsty.