The Robins’ second brood of the year have fledged! ☺️

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SOMETIMES I AM A BIRD

Sometimes, I am a small bluebird, locked neatly in a cage, wings clipped tightly behind my back. I cry out for someone to release me, but there is nowhere to go, not even up. My eyes scan the room, frantically hunting for whoever took me to this place. A quaint dungeon. I never thought I was claustrophobic, but the gilded cage moves closer in my peripherals. I am unable to pry the iron bars of […]

This #ReedBunting hasn’t found a mate so he’s trying the power stance to boost his chances with the ladies.

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Sat on the loo, listening to the evening chorus, and thought, "That's not the usual loud blackbird song."

Out comes the Merlin app.....

Turn's out I'm sat there listening to a song thrush! That's a first.

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