New bird table holds a feast of surprises

SOME weeks ago, I wrote an article about how I had built myself a new bird table after several years of being without one.

From the reaction I got to the article, it’s obvious a lot of readers are interested in feeding garden birds. So I thought I’d bring you an update.

The first bird to feed on the table was a coal tit. Since then, the species count is up to 11. That’s cheating a bit because it includes two birds that don’t actually feed on the table but do pick up seeds and crumbs that get spilled on the ground beneath it. They are a dunnock and a female blackbird.