I've not had too much time with the garden birds, since it's dark when I leave for work, and dark when I get home. Weekends have also been busy, with our relatives moving in and out of the county there's been lots of packing and unpacking going on.

Over the past few weeks I have recorded many of the typical visitors, but a single Great Tit sighting has been the only notable species to visit. The well stocked feeders have been attracting larger and larger finch flocks though, and today I recorded a record flock of 15 or so Goldfinch and 4 Greenfinch, all in the garden together. They're favouring the new feeder, and the cherry tree it hangs in, but also visit the other feeder and several even fed from the patio today - not something I've seen before! The only downside is that they make a lot of mess, and throw a lot of seemingly good seed onto the ground, much to the delight of the Dunnock and Robin. A group of four Collared Dove was also nice to see in the garden.