Amateur Gardening

One for all and all for one

THIS winter I have noticed slightly different activity on the bird table compared to previous years. Birds like the nuthatch, which are usually only seen in November, have visited the feeders on a daily basis for months. Like Spitfire pilots, these birds zoom in on mainly the peanuts, and then they’re gone in a second.

We’ve also had a flock of about 20

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