Peter Hart

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@WriterHannahBT the stock doves again

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@WriterHannahBT a pair of stock doves - gorgeous shimmering colours on their necks

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@WriterHannahBT blackcap, dipping into the seed on the feeders

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@WriterHannahBT Wood pigeons, desperately searching for food

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@WriterHannahBT the blue tit gang, surrounding the feeders - they must be hungry in this cold weather - am heading out now to fill them up again

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@WriterHannahBT Wood pigeons, cooing in the New Year

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@WriterHannahBT the wood pigeons were very vocal this morning, even before the sun was up

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Small flock of redpolls at the car park, Diamond Park, ystradgynlais

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@WriterHannahBT A greater spotted woodpecker amongst a flurry of sparrows on the feeders

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@WriterHannahBT Coal tits, blue tits and great tits on the feeders

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@WriterHannahBT A magpie, checking out the leaf litter at the bottom of the garden

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@WriterHannahBT the sparrow gang, busily emptying the feeders

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@WriterHannahBT a chaffinch, bursting out from the purple plum into the foggy morning

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@WriterHannahBT A wren, scootling into the hedgerow

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@WriterHannahBT 15 wood pigeons!

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@WriterHannahBT Chattering goldfinches milling around the bird feeders. No sign yet of the siskins - we are in Caerlan for a bit longer, maybe they will put in an appearance

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@WriterHannahBT Seeing a cattle egret at Croome National Trust property in Worcestershire. A first!

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@WriterHannahBT the sparrows and the blue tits, jostling for positions on the feeders

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@WriterHannahBT Much tree cutting and hedge trimming in the road today, so the birds have fled from the noise of chainsaws. Only the gulls overhead are untroubled, so my first bird was a lesser black backed gull, riding the wind with utmost ease

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@WriterHannahBT a blackbird, desperately searching for food in the frozen morning