Siskins

Took a stroll through the snowy quarry yesterday. Saw a small group of bullfinches and, for a couple of minutes before they flew off in twos and threes, a tree full of fieldfares. There was also a small group of siskins and sure enough three visited my feeders today. They are obviously novices at the feeder lark because one male took a good few fluttering attempts at landing before giving up and giving himself a good embarrassed grooming.

Snow

Well, we'd managed to avaid the worst of it in Northampton until last night that is. About 3 inches fell overnight which meant a bit of sweeping was necessary to clear some ground for birdseed.  The wood pigeons really enjoyed it. Visitors to the feeders are still at relatively low numbers which suggests that birds are still finding plenty of wild food. That said we had the local sparrow gang around yesterday - about 15 individuals.