sat out for about 2 hours under an oak tree with stevie & a cup of tea to do some more birdwatching today :]
thanks to them bopping about on the branches just above me with a group of bluetits, i finally found out what the birds who usually always hang out in the young birch trees are and it turns out they're one of my favourites too 😭 bullfinches!!! they're all either juveniles or females so none of them have the really recognisable pink bellies which is what threw me off identifying them for so long (+ they're very quiet and merlin was struggling to pick up their calls). bluetits are one of my favourites too.. all hanging out together in the one tree... everything's coming up jim
didn't see much else of note (house sparrows, grey crows, magpies, collared dove..) but heard a raven calling from the direction of a pine forest about a kilometre across the fields where i hear the buzzards calling from a lot as well. all those bigger birds must build their nests in there where it's safe and far from any people... i should see if i can try get in there someday soon since there's a badger's den up there i want to investigate as well + it's usually in the surrounding fields that i see irish hares and i've not seen ONE since being home yet. show me them!!!!!!!
