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Lizzie Whizz May 2022 2:21pm, 14 May 2022 26,690 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz Bluetit in the garden: 1st one in 11 years!
LazyDaisy May 2022 5:05pm, 14 May 2022 35,802 posts	0 LazyDaisy We have plenty of bluetits. What we don't have (but gardens a few 100m down the hill do) is sparrows
Eynsham Red May 2022 5:13pm, 14 May 2022 8,755 posts	0 Eynsham Red Blackbirds, starlings, sparrows, blue tits, green finches, goldfinches, dunnocks, wrens, robins, collard doves, wood pigeons, jackdaws, magpies and strange multicoloured doves. In a fairly small garden. They cost us a small fortune in feed but are very entertaining. The male blackbird will sit on the table outside the patio door in the morning and stare at us until we put his suet out!
Lizzie Whizz May 2022 6:42pm, 14 May 2022 26,693 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz I don't feed them as we have so many neighbourhood cats. It was a new build and the trees are only just starting to be any good.
Columba May 2022 9:43pm, 14 May 2022 21,739 posts	0 Columba I heard a cuckoo this afternoon. First one I've heard for years.
Diogenes May 2022 7:50pm, 16 May 2022 69,800 posts	0 Diogenes Yesterday we booked another summer holiday. We’ve already got a week in Saundersfoot at the end of August, now we have a week near Bude in early July. It feels very indulgent.
Diogenes May 2022 7:51pm, 16 May 2022 69,801 posts	0 Diogenes Also, tomorrow my new shed is being installed, and in the evening I’m going to a book event in London.
Diogenes May 2022 12:39pm, 17 May 2022 69,824 posts	0 Diogenes The new shed is here.
swittle May 2022 1:02pm, 17 May 2022 86,771 posts	0 swittle A shed is invariably a useful addition to one's garden imo.
DoricQuine May 2022 1:51pm, 17 May 2022 6,811 posts	0 DoricQuine Our sparrows are eating us our of house and home! I have to refill the fat ball feeder every third day as they are going through one a day.