Bad weather was forecast but at 8.30 it was still bright with a hint of sun peeping through. I immediately noticed the Coal Tits feeding on the dish put out for the Robin. I made coffee and went out to get in to the hide. A much better way to start the day than listening to endless doom a gloom stories about the economy on Breakfast TV. One of the problems of the hide is getting in and out without making too much of a disturbance and then having to sit it out for a while before feeding activity is resumed. This wasn’t the case today and a Coal Tit soon flew to the dish to take a Sunflower heart. I am not sure if this is the same bird as yesterday but you can see that it is moulting some new feathers. Still no Blue Tits on my feeder, but I know they are in and out of the garden because I can constantly hear them from behind me as I sit in the hide.
Eventually the rain came in and now we are in the midst of another heavy downpour. I am deliberately mentioning the weather because with the Blog in to it’s second year I have noticed how interesting it is to refer back to the weather on this day last year.