Winter chiffchaff

I was very surprised to see what I thought was a summer visitor still here in January.  It was out and about with a flock of coal tits and great tits.  It turns out to be unusual but not all that rare.

Birds of the week - In the kitchen garden

All in the kitchen garden this past week.  Including chiffchaff and blackcap.  Mostly youngsters.

The young ones

There are lots of birds in the kitchen garden now, mostly youngsters.  The commonest are great tits while others include blackbird, blue tit, tree sparrow, robin, dunnock, wren, pied wagtail (pictured on the lawn) and chiffchaff.