The Woodland Rats have been having a great time around the new feeder and the deep water is no barrier to these intelligent rodents. Most of the time they will lurk around the base and wait for the finches, buntings and tits to drop a seed or two but sometimes....

This one was seen to not get its approach to the feeder quite right and after a leap onto the upright it performed a dive that Tom Daley would have been proud of, complete with full somersault and head first entry....

Nonchalant noshing followed (Janet Newis)

22-4-13