Despite the understanding of the need for winter's rest, there's still an urge inside at this time of year, that wants to get out there and dig, or shape or tend! Oh for Spring! At the same time, there's a sense of anticipation; kind of a hum inside, that it's all just building away beneath ground, just as it needs to and a joy in the patience that gardening calls for. It's all just part of the process.
Lots of birds are busying themselves in and around the garden. Jackdaws and starlings of course, remain boisterous visitors, but we also get frequent visits from a whole mixture of other birds including; blackbirds, robins, great and blue tits, goldfinches, wrens, wood pigeans and collared doves, even the odd juvenile pied wagtail. This morning I also spotted a sparrowhawk fly overhead and a goldcrest flitting about in a neighbours conifer bush.
Lots of birds are busying themselves in and around the garden. Jackdaws and starlings of course, remain boisterous visitors, but we also get frequent visits from a whole mixture of other birds including; blackbirds, robins, great and blue tits, goldfinches, wrens, wood pigeans and collared doves, even the odd juvenile pied wagtail. This morning I also spotted a sparrowhawk fly overhead and a goldcrest flitting about in a neighbours conifer bush.