The return of the Marsh Tit

Not a Marsh Tit

I'd briefly glimpsed and heard a Marsh Tit in the garden a week ago and today there was one confidently snaffling sunflower seeds from the kitchen feeder, the first records for over a year. There were a few Redwing buzzing, 2 Swallows, 1 Chiffchaff, some Goldcrests and 8 Yellowhammers were under the kitchen feeders. A distant accipiter was most likely a Sparrowhawk.

There are still a few Red Admirals and Small Tortoiseshells and the ivy along the front wall is a-buzzing with hundreds of bees, tens of wasps and a few remaining hoverflies.

It is reported that the local Barn Owls are well into second brood mode with another gang of five. Prolific ghosts.