Long Tailed Tits

It always cheers me up when I see some Long Tailed Tits make one of their brief visits to the feeders. They really are one of my favourite sights. So many species squabble when they arrive in large numbers but these will feed peacefully even when they are all bunched together on one feeder. Occasionally they will try the peanuts but by far the most popular food with them is the large fat balls. Today, for the first time that I had noticed, I spotted one go inside the caged bird table. It had a brief look but didn't take any of the seeds. The wire mesh is to keep out the largest, greediest birds and give the smaller visitors a safer eating spot where predators cannot reach them. Altogether they visited three times today.







Canada Geese
About 7.15 this morning Bobby and I were walking along a track between two fields. From the distance a skein of five Canada Geese flew very low over the fields. On their way they passed almost over the top of us and I felt as though I could have reached up and touched them. A beautiful sight but alas no camera with me!