Flying Visit

The first thing I saw out of my window today was this wonderful Woodpecker grabbing hold of a garden chair. How gorgeous is that. It almost warrants a caption I reckon. Not long after, I was disturbed by a racket outside. I looked out of my window to come face to face to a Buzzard! Two Crows had actually managed to ground it. The poor thing, he was getting dive bombed from all directions. I didn't manage a photo of the Buzzard but I caught one of the crows as he flew off. It's been a day of birds today really with this wonderfully coloured Jay arriving not long after. The feathers on his back looked very scruffy and I'm wondering if maybe he was feeding some young and the constant in and out of the nest was making this happen? This Blue Tit was a little over enthusiastic with this bit of kitchen scrap. He could hardly fly with it. My Blue Tit chicks still haven't fledged. They are ever so noisy now and I can hear them clearly moving around inside the box when I'm in the Summer House. We had a pair of Coal Tits and Siskins and this very blue coloured Dunnock visit too. The Cuckoo is still calling in the forest although I've not seen him once on the perch he used all last year. So frustrating not getting a good view of him. Oh I've baited my new Butterfly House with old fruit to see if that helps entice new visitors.I just want to say hello to everybody from BBC's Springwatch message boards. It's fantastic having so many new lookers popping by. If only the BBC could give us Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Watch too. Now that would be fantastic.