Summary June 2013
Garden
June started surprisingly warm and sunny although it was still cold in the evenings. On the first of the month I saw a Buzzard circling overhead. A remarkable feature in the garden of late has been the regular visits from a pair of Mistle Thrushes who seem largely unconcerned about our presence in the garden when it is warm enough to sit out. One day I saw them both sitting in the bird bath together and on the 4th of June we were sitting in the garden when a third bird also appeared and it was occasionally fed by one of the other two. Obviously this was a young fledgling of the other two. They eventually flew of the the house roofs at the back of us and our conviction, established earlier, that we could hear other Mistle Thrushes calling nearby was confirmed when we saw another three birds briefly also perched on the house roofs. Six Mistle Thrushes at the same time. Continue reading