Catch Up Time Again

I don't really know where the time goes and it doesn't seem like 13 days since I last added to my blog. However the only real highlights in the past two weeks has been an increased number of juvenile birds in the neighbourhood. There have been small parties of Goldfinches or should that be charms and yesterday a family of Long-tailed Tits could be heard in the Birch Tree next door but one. In the garden the House Sparrows have stopped feeding their offspring, who are now big enough to come down to the feeders and feed themselves. The same can be said for the Starlings which are still gathering in large numbers around the Nythe shopping area.

Starlings on top of a Leylandii

Juvenile Starling

Yesterday afternoon two juvenile Carrion Crows fledged from another Birch Tree close by, with one landing on a Laurel and the other in the Leylandii to the rear of the back garden. Its all out war now as Woodpigeons, gulls and cats are set upon with shear ferocity. The speed the adult Crows reach is mind blowing as they swoop down and hit the unsuspecting birds and cats. It happens so fast all you get to see are a few feathers drifting down slowly and a trail of fur!

One of the juvenile Carrion Crows in the Leylandii

And the other on top of a Laurel

One of the adult Carrion Crows taking off from the Leylandii