It has been raining all day, the kind of rain that keeps threatening to stop but never does. Tennis has finally been abandoned so no doubt the rain will stop shortly, just as everyone has moved on.

Sitting typing, writing and generally whiling away the time watching the bird feeders.

The common birds appearing regularly in the garden include:

Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Great Tit, Green Woodpecker, Herons, Jays, Magpies, Nuthatch, Pigeons, Robins, Rooks, Song Thrush, Sparrows, Wren

And since my feeders hang up in the tree (to keep them safe from cats) it’s always entertaining watching the robins and other ground feeders find their way, following other older birds to precisely the right branch from which to hop across to the food.

Alas the blackbird knew the route but remained just too large to access the food.