An eclectic mix

There was an interesting mix of birds around the feeders today, apart from the daily visitors, a couple of male Brambling turned up to brighten the bare winter branches.

A pair of Woodpigeons decided it was never too early to start house hunting. Mrs Woodpigeon liked the natural light provided by the contemporary glass roof design of this one

While Mr Woodpigeon considered something more in their price range and remembered a time before middle aged spread that he might have fitted into this one (with the emphasis on might)

Yet again, they seem to have compromised on a messy pile of sticks in a tree with nice open views over the park.
Down below, this unlikely visitor snuck in with a certain air of "burglar caught red-handed" about him.

 Hopefully he will hang around the comparitive safety of the park and gardens until the end of the month (end of shooting season).
In the back garden, all of a sudden the Cotoneaster has attracted the attention of Redwings. Often one of the last berry bushes to get stripped by birds, I thought it might get ignored this winter, but thankfully the berries aren't going to waste.