Christine's walking & birds blog

In very poor light and through the window yesterday, a treecreeper was almost overlooked as it crept along the wall, exploring the crevices between the stones.


It found something pink - possibly an earthworm, as this low wall holds back the soil underneath the lawn.

And then at last I saw what I'd been watching out for, after a fleeting glimpse of orange early on - a brambling, picking about with chaffinches beneath the feeders.


In slightly better light today the brambling came into the garden several times, but stayed tucked in behind the wall where most of the dropped seeds ended up.