It's not put the birds off and the Collared Doves are still coming to the garden and on one occasion brought a small twig with them. Perhaps it was for a nest, but whatever it was for they left on the bird table. In Thetford a pair started nesting on a telegraph pole on 19th January - Early Nest, so it wouldn't surprise me if they start nesting locally and very soon. They are great characters, but I'm still not sure which is the male or female. A difficult species to sex.
Collared Doves
Male or Female
Male or Female
The Blue Tits and Great Tits are very active, with 3 Blue Tits chasing each other around the front of the house. They seem very interested in the extension to the neighbours house. I wonder if the neighbours will let me put a nest box up on their wall?
Locally the Great Crested Grebes are courting with their familiar weed dance and a little further afield a friend of mine informs me that the resident Mute Swans have been seen mating.
On the BTO Website the Cuckoos are just starting their Spring migration north and here's a link to their website to follow their routes. Cuckoos
Spring is nearly here....................