Blue Tit Nestbox

Yesterday evening it kept trying to snow and by the time I went to bed it was snowing gently. This morning there was a small covering everywhere but it was frozen solid and the village paths were very slippery, especially where the snow had dropped from tree branches and made pools of ice during the night. At the moment it looks more like Autumn. It has turned very misty as the rising temperature is melting the snow.

Today is the first time I have seen the Blue Tit in the nest box during the morning hours so once again I have hopes that it will get used in the Spring. I often see a couple of them visiting the peanut feeder so they are probably resident not too far away.

Blue Tit at the peanut feeder


While I was in the kitchen making a cup of tea I watched a Rook attacking the fat balls in a feeder near the bottom of the garden. It has such a strong beak and was attacking the fat ball so hard pieces were flying off in all directions. On the ground under the feeder were three Blackbirds and a Collared Dove busily gathering up the pieces so nothing was going to waste.