We sat in the conservatory for our lunchtime 'sarnie' shortly after a Sparrowhawk whizzed through and scatter the birds on the feeder. We don't know the outcome of the Starling that it seemed to lock on to !
The feeder went quiet, though after a short while I started counting the usual visits to the feeder at 12:55. Fifteen minutes later the count was ,,, Coal Tits - 30 visits, Great Tits - 5, Blue Tits - 4, Nuthatch - 2, Dunnock - 1...... then the Sparrowhawk returned with a fly-past at 13:10 and not a single bird visited the feeder until 13 minutes later. They returned very warily. Probably quite wisely.
Not at all scientific I know but at least it gave me something to do for a short while !!!
Coal Tits the commonest bird - probably around 6 individuals. We're hardly getting anywhere near normal Blue or Great Tit numbers.
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