When it comes to having a good wash and scrub up, my garden is currently the place to be. Take a look at this:
If you can make it out, it is a Blue Tit getting itself in a right lather. See how it tosses its head about violently in order to create as much splash as possible. Oh, how it rekindles happy memories of bath-time as a kid.
The bedraggled result was this:
It's a wonder their feathers ever get back into…