Some of the fledglings haven’t yet learned to avoid human beings and this morning there were two young thrushes under the table just outside the sunroom. I was surprised at how slim they were. Whereas the starlings and sparrows have scrawny parents and are fat fluffy balls, these beautiful creatures were almost carbon copies of… Continue reading A little bit of magic

The thrush is not a particularly conspicuous visitor – it never comes down to the lawn to feed, but it will occasionally have a bath and strut its beautiful speckled breast about in the sunshine. Going through the garden, particularly around the steps, I regularly see empty snail shells, however today was the first time… Continue reading The thrush at work…