Spent the weekend at Linda's in Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead. During the couple of times I had to look outside in the garden (her mum is very keen on spotting birds in the garden) I saw quite a few different things.
On the Saturday, I saw a great tit continually entering and exiting a hole in a small tree in the garden one over - there has to be a nest, or at least, nest-building activity going on there! The treat of Saturday was the goldcrest who made an appearance at the bottom of the garden, for long enough so that I could identify it clearly and that we could all have a look - I've seen the goldcrest there before, but before the harsh winter. Good to see they're still about, as that's my first of the year!
Today in the mid-afternoon, we went into the back garden to play with the cat. I watched for birds for a while, and after about 15 minutes two wagtails flew singing (almost looked like a display flight) across and landed on the roof. I shot back in to get the binoculars and, of course, they had flown off. I just caught a glimpse of them and they were gone. A few seconds later they flew back across again and I saw enough of them to identify them as grey wagtails! Another first for the year and a great bird to see, especially from the back garden.
Hopefully the weather will pick up so I can have some nice canal walks this week...
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