I might be winding things down in the garden (today I removed all the old runner bean stems and tidied up a bit all the seeds and leaves falling from neighbouring ash trees) with a view to having a lazy winter ahead, but the birds are really busy. The goldfinches, in particular, seem to be gorging themselves for the winter ahead. They are such pretty little things and quite polite in waiting their turn. Whatever seeds they drop, other birds, like the wood pigeons, happily clean up for me.
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| Goldfinches fattening up for winter - October 20, 2016 |
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| Goldfinches forming an orderly queue at the feeder |
