We took part in the recent wild bird survey - our count included pheasants, two different woodpeckers, the normal range of **bleep**, magpies, jays, crows, and parakeets.

The wife spends a fortune on seed, fat balls, dried bugs and peanuts.

The pheasants must be getting hungry because this afternoon there were four male pheasants around the feed area feeding happily - normally they keep clear of each other and when they don’t they have a go at each other.