Here's the nest box mentioned in the previous post. As you can see, it seems a perfect and safe nesting site which has to be accessed through, what to a bird, must be a maze with 3 elements to negotiate – a door, a window, a sharp turn and then there's the box. The nest is progressing nicely.  It's been made with moss and other items from the garden and is lined with fibres and animal hair.  Quite where the bird is getting the animal hair from is a mystery.  The male again seemed to be taking no part in nest building. Its worth noting that the birds seem to spend quite long periods away from the site. 

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Here she is with a beak full of nesting material again. 

As I stood watching for the Robins I became aware of the different birds that were in the garden this morning. I photographed a few of them which if you are a visitor from the blog from the US or Asia you will be interested in these very common British birds.

The first is a Dunnock - Prunella modulars this is a very common bird in the gardens of the UK but quite often overlooked as it is a very sombre bird and quite secretive at times.

 

The next species is a Goldfinch – Carduelis cardulelis. This species is very attractive and even kept as a much sought after cage bird in the USA, sadly in my opinion.  They are a very common bird in the UK and as such, often taken for granted and overlooked by many. 

The Common European Starling – Sterns vulgaris is a stunningly beautiful species that often presents it's self as a black bird because in silhouette, thats just how it appears but close up, they are a combination of iridescent blues and greens with spangles and a nice bright yellow beak.  At this time of the year they look their best.