Mobbing is a sign of breeding, and a pair of Mistle Thrushes were in full swing with their rattling call when a Magpie was nearby.
I heard a Chaffinch singing, it sounded a bit distant, then realised it was just above me, and when I took it's photo saw that it had his mouth full of insects. I'm amazed it managed to sing Still had to sing a few times! He may be feeding an incubating female.
A male Blackbird carrying worms for his chicks.
This Blackcap interrupted his singing to have a look.
There are two or three pairs of Mistle Thrushes breeding in the cemetery. They become very noisy and aggressive to corvids or sparrowhawks near their nests.
A young fledged Blackbird looking for food.
Robin.
Singing Stock Dove.
I only noticed an elm when the ground was littered with the clusters of their green winged seeds, called samaras. These are much loved by pigeons and finches. Here, a Goldfinch feeds on them, and the culprit of the samara clusters on the ground was a Grey Squirrel dropping them.Bird list
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Blue Tit
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Collared Dove
- Dunnock
- Feral Pigeon
- Goldcrest
- Goldfinch
- Great Tit
- Herring Gull
- House Sparrow
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Magpie
- Mistle Thrush
- Robin
- Starling
- Stock Dove
- Treecreeper
- Woodpigeon
- Wren
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