Beastie Best
14th February 2021
I am probably in the minority for loving the recent snowy weather and cold temperatures. The Beast from the East MK 2 brought no end of visitors into the garden, including first timers such as the mistlethrush and reed buntings, as well as increased numbers of the regulars.
Word must have spread that there was an all day buffet being laid on as I had to fill the feeders a couple of times in one day as there was a constant queue of customers.
Although there were several fieldfares in the trees, one claimed our garden as its' own kingdom;chasing away any other rival before gaining access to the apples and plums I had put out. The mistlethrush literally had to wait until the fieldfare was distracted by blackbirds before it come to feed but the redwings sadly never got a look in.
Not so surprising then that I didn't get a picture of them either!
Word must have spread that there was an all day buffet being laid on as I had to fill the feeders a couple of times in one day as there was a constant queue of customers.
Although there were several fieldfares in the trees, one claimed our garden as its' own kingdom;chasing away any other rival before gaining access to the apples and plums I had put out. The mistlethrush literally had to wait until the fieldfare was distracted by blackbirds before it come to feed but the redwings sadly never got a look in.
Not so surprising then that I didn't get a picture of them either!