Garden delights

I've not been out birding much this week, so I thought I'd share a couple of photos from the garden. The first is a male Starling (note the blue base to the bill) which I presume is the one that's been nest building in the box. He's spent a lot of time in the Rowan tree singing and "wing flapping" to the female bird, so we could still be okay for youngsters later on.

Starling

The second picture is of a male Siskin which has been into the feeders all week with 2 others (another male and a female). We quite often get them in the garden at this time of year as they pass through to more northerly breeding grounds. Another good record for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme.

Siskin