Finch Fest.

The garden feeders are geting drained every other day. The number of birds visitng is remarkable. A male Blackcap is now a regular but even putting out half an apple won't tempt him to stay long enough for a photo. He grabs a sunflower seed and skulks back in the bushes. Milder weather yesterday even tempted a bit of song whilst the Chaffinches have been singing now for several weeks.

All the photo's were shot in poor light with a high ISO to try and get theshutter speed high enough to freeze an movement. Hence the graininess.

Cetti's Warblers are back on the Wirral and a 3 hour wait last weekend was rewarded in one short burst of song and a couple of 'tacs' deep within hte undergrowth. Its good to see they've survived the cold weather and hopefully the recent Cheshire colonisation will continue. Nearby Long - tailed Tits seemed to sense the imminent arrival of spring and were seen gathering nesting material!. Maybe they're making a feather filled duvet.