DAY7. weather: wet warm.

I spent much of today in the walled garden. Lots of bulb plants are coming through and in some areas there are some primroses coming up. The snowdrops are in full bloom and look really good with tiny droplets of water on there petals. It has been damp and mild over the last couple of days which has really benefited the mosses in the garden.

There was a lot of activity amongst the birds in the garden today. Two Spotted Woodpeckers flew by and I could here them calling to one another for most of the day. Amongst all the usual visitors to the feeders there was another male Chaffinch which spent most of its time fighting with the other male. I was also blessed with the presence of a family of Long Tailed Tits that didn’t notice me by the tree and and flitted around really close. I have never had such a close encounter with these birds and it was a great experience to have a whole family come so close, constantly calling to one another while performing some great acrobatic flights. At about mid day I herd alarm calls from the magpies and blackbirds, looking up I saw two falcons swooping around. They were two high to see what they were and quickly flew out of sight.