Numerous Nuthatches

These elegant woodland birds seem to be positively thriving, considering the grim winter conditions that they've had to cope with -
one calling repeatedly from tree tops at Coach Road, Brighouse for the last week.
3 at Coach Road yesterday, with 2 together behaving like a pair.
4 at Upper Fell Greave Wood, Fixby today; and Lower Fell Greave (in Hudds area) always seems to contain at least 2/3 birds.
Maybe the better management of mixed woodlands is a factor, plus the increasing areas of open spaces in the woods due to storm damaged/felled trees has helped ?
But great to see the continued expansion of this tuneful species in Calderdale !