And just a quick one to say a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our readers! Normal business and blogging will be resumed from Monday 4th January, so watch this space....
We have now started our winter supplementary feeding by the car park on Cottage Lane. This is part of our HLS agreement and is designed to get birds through the 'hungry gap' - the part of the year when farmland seed sources have been depleted and before the spring starts. Look out for flocks of finches, buntings and (we hope!) tree sparrows feeding on this seed mix - last year we had a flock of 200-250 birds making use of the food.
Enjoy!
Christmas tree sparrow. Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)