This afternoon, on the garden feeder, was a female blackcap, which spent some time there, not as flighty as some of the other smaller birds so I could safely open the window without it flying off. I occasionally get these birds during colder spells; they seem to like the suet block feeder when the starlings aren't after it.
I was out in the car this afternoon so, with the sun out, I headed over to Coate water where a friend had reminded me that the black swan was still in residence. I'm not sure of its history but I'm counting it anyway!
I then made my way round the west side of the lake to an area where I know the birds are often fed with bird seed placed purposefully on some wooden posts. It's also adjacent to a small inlet which has been favoured by a kingfisher on past visits. This proved to be the case today and a lady already there pointed it out to me. It was diving and then flying and landing on different branches nearer or further away and I watched it for a while until it flew off through the trees. The kingfisher was probably closer than I've ever had one although I needed to peer through the branches or lean over railings to photograph it!
female blackcap
black swan
not sure about the metal topped post but I quite like the lighting!
path around coate water with posts for bird feeding
kingfisher
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