Reclusive long-tailed tit

Reclusive long-tailed tit

This long-tailed tit was reluctant to be photographed as it flitted about the branches of a buddleia bush. First pointing its long tail directly at me, then hiding on the far side of the bush.

Reclusive long-tailed tit

Two types of lichen on blackthorn

Two types of lichen on blackthorn

Similar colours, but two types of lichens (between patches of moss) growing on all the blackthorn bushes in the thicket between the Barley Field and Railway Walk.

Clinging on, robin

Clinging on, robin

Robin at the end of a twig, clinging on tightly as it sings to challenge any other robin which might be nearby.

Female blackbird on a branch

Female blackbird on a branch

Female blackbird pausing to check there’s no threats around before flying to the ground to search among shor grass for things to eat.