A great morning for garden birding. The rain overnight left a damp mist around this morning. As well as the typical birds, this produced a Grey Heron flying over low from the south and passing directly over the bedroom window - amazing views! - and as I rushed to see it on the north side a Coal Tit was seen in one of the nearby trees. Within twenty minutes a Coal Tit was seen going back and forth to our feeder, at one point it flew under the ledge of our kitchen window to eat the seed! Notable in the afternoon were two Pied Wagtail together on the ridge tiles of the school.

Just after dawn a single male House Sparrow visited the tree (amongst other visitors) and fed for a little while on the seed feeder . The two Blue Tit did their great grate-feeding act again, but today at around 10:30.

Two Blue Tit were feeding on the grate again this morning at 6:30 for at least 5 minutes, and were loud enough to wake me up.

At lunchtime, a Sparrowhawk flew over the gardens at the front and two Common Gull were over to the north west.

Two Blue Tit were on the log feeder first thing, whilst a Dunnock hopped around on the wall below. A pair of Goldfinch visited the tree, and one ventured onto the seed feeder.

The only thing to note was a single Greenfinch on the seed feeder, trying out each of the six ports.

A Carrion Crow was seen building a nest in one of the trees at the edge of the wood, but this will almost certainly be hidden in a few weeks when the leaves arrive. On the feeder today were Blue Tit, a single Goldfinch and a Robin.

Another Dunnock in the garden today. This time, in the front sat at the top of our conifer hedge calling for a few minutes. A large immature gull sp. was seen over to the north.

A single Dunnock was perched in our tree for around a minute in the early afternoon. It's the first record of a Dunnock actually in our garden.

Notable for today was the single Jackdaw seen flying ENE from the west just before lunchtime. It's the first I've ever seen anywhere near here.

A cold morning with frost on the ground brought a pair of Blue Tit and a single Coal Tit to the feeders. Later, two Blue Tit were seen feeding along the grill under the eves again. A single Greenfinch visited our tree briefly, but returned later to feed for a few minutes on the feeder. Then one was seen feeding in the late afternoon. Hopefully they'll start to visit more regularly again. A Sparrowhawk was over the woods flying in a slightly off manner, making jerky turns in flight - possibly some part of a display? A good day, with 18 different species recorded, including a Kestrel, three tits and three finches, but no gulls.

A reasonable day for the garden with 15 species recorded thanks to an early visit to our feeder from a Coal Tit. A Blue Tit made first use of the new log feeder, staying long enough for a photo (but I didn't get one!). Single sightings of the two typical gulls - Black-headed Gull and Common Gull - also helped the day list, and a pair of Goldfinch made a fleeting visit to the feeder before lunch.

Another relatively quiet day. Of note was a skein of 19 wildfowl flying west in a skewed V-shape at around 9:50am: most probably of Canada Goose, but too far away to tell. A single Common Gull was seen nearer lunchtime.

A much quieter day today, with nothing but the typical birds seen. The feeder still fails to attract much attention with only a pair of Collared Dove and a single Blue Tit seen feeding from it today. Checking the normal Goldfinch roost provided a surprise, as the tree was gone! It seems as if the owners have either removed it entirely, or cut it well back, since none of it is visible from our house now. At sunset there were plenty of Goldfinch flying around where it used to be, and the pink-blossomed cherry tree in the school seems to have been adopted as a replacement. Two Long-tailed Tit were also moving through the nearby gardens at around 5pm.