I stood outside with a bottle of wine just watching the birds and the animals in my garden and the strip of woods behind. It was like Spring Watch without the irritating beardy man.
I watched 6 squirrels collecting leaves from one tree and taking them to their dray at the top of another. They almost had a production chain going for about 20 minutes.
There were also three pigeons that were more intent on stealing each others food than eating what they had. One would land on a branch and start pecking at the buds, another would land on a branch nearby and start eating. The first would fly over and push the incomer out the way. A third would come in and land on the first branch. The second bird would push him out the way. It was like musical chairs for pigeons for about 10 minutes.
A flock of little colourful birds descended on the Elderflower bush and were flitting about like jewels.
A couple of robins were facing up to each other under the bird feeder on the patio.
As it dropped darker the bats came out and i watched an amazing ariel flying display.
It is amazing the difference in the garden after scaring the cats off with the (toy) cross bow.
