The weather has been very inconsistent, but the raised temperatures appear to have led to a sudden increase in the amount of bird song. Greenfinches, yellow hammers, and a full chaffinch song and even the skylarks are now singing to establish territories. These are complements to the robins, wrens, hedge accentors, and thrushes who also join in the dawn chorus.
The other day, a tree in a neighbour's garden was full of twittering birds. On closer inspection they revealed themselves as fifty or more linnets with about twelve goldfinches. This somewhat strange behavior was explained when I saw a sparrow hawk gliding above the field where the linnets normally are to be found feeding.
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