Mystery solved.

The local birds are full of the joys of spring and the noisiest has been a wood-pigeon. His call was almost constant yesterday and he woke me up this morning, seeming to be very close.

The reason he sounded so close, and why we have been having trouble with our satellite signal became obvious when we noticed that there was a pair of wood-pigeons perched on the mounting of the satellite dish, right outside the bedroom window! I hope they are not trying to nest.

All the birds seem to be getter very territorial and two cock sparrows kept up a dispute for nearly ten minutes this morning in the branches of one of our silver birch trees. I have also noticed blue-tits have replaced coal-tits as garden visitors and the siskins have also stopped visiting and seem to have been replaced by greenfinches.

As the tree come into full leaf it is not as easy to see what the birds are up to, but I shall keep watching and listening.

Categories: Birds, Birdwatching