Saw a couple of babies today

Wee tiny beige and brown birds - think they are garden sparrows? Well, they had two wee babies with them, getting fed some worms - they were all fluffy

they all diedbloody magpies!

Now I know the babies are around I'll be doing my best to keep a look out for the magpies

Most of the wee baby starlings are managing to feed themselves now

The fattest woodpigeon imaginable appeared today - he was very tame - I managed to get within a few feet of him  

Lots of young starlings in my garden,independant of the parents now,noisy and squabbling.Saw the sparrowhawk shooting out of the next doors hedge yesterday,didn't get a kill this time,still fantastic to see though.Pesky magpies have their young squawking about the garden too.Seen blue tits feeding their young,they must lose a lot of their babies,they have pretty large broods but seem to end up with only two to three survivors.

More often than not, since I put up this thread, the weather's been too grotty to catch more than a 'whoosh' a abird dives into the hedge or a tree. No real sustained visible activity.

YAY! I saw a pied wagtail in my garden today.