My garden birds

Now  back home after the holiday in Andalucia, birding with the incomparable Bob Buckler -I find that here all the birds have flown! My feeders have been bereft of birds for most of the day -perhaps they are busy nesting etc. There were a couple of handsome male chaffinches showing off -one is lame -so I guess he may have the virus that everyone is talking about here. Some house sparrows and a solitary goldfinch arrived late afternoon -I normally see a dozen or more, but not today -- and there were the 2 very hungry woodpigeons who come each day and scoff what's left on the table. When I did my  teatime dog walk, a robin was singing his heart out - such a joy to hear.

Male chaffinch sitting on the fence earlier this year

I noticed that in the smallish pond I have there is at last some frog spawn -the frogs were just getting active when I left for my holiday (24th Feb)- that's at least 3 weeks later than last year.