It was a birdwatch of two halves.
The first half went well. The boy spotted the two goldfinches on the feeder and then a redwing appeared. It was kind of it to make an appearance and stayed for most of the hour, perhaps wondering where the rest of the flock of winter thrushes had flown.
The chaffinches, house sparrows, greenfinches, blackbirds, collared doves, robin, dunnock and blue tit joined the stage and it was…