Activity and most of our feeding stations is strangely inconsistent and unpredictable. This time last year we were catching big numbers of Siskin, Linnet and Yellowhammer but this year at the same sites numbers are well down. It's both worrying and puzzling.
However, persistence pays off ( mostly!!), and so it was that Jenni had a very interesting time at one of our Patshull feeders a couple of days ago. In amongst all the tits and finches such as this super winter visitor-a male Brambling, was the first of our Summer visitors.......a Chiffchaff. The Brambling will shortly be leaving us to go north to breed in Scandinavia, and the Chiffchaff will probably be staying with us to breed in the UK.
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