No pictures today!

After spending the first fortnight in the month on a Mediterranean cruise and the past week trying to get back into the real world again I have not had much chance for snapping the birds in our garden, not that there has been much to capture anyway.

Have not seen any Siskins since our return. However we are getting lots of visits from Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Sparrows and Starlings all of which are being attracted by the fatty balls we are putting out. The Starlings are also going for the sultanas we feed to the Blackbirds.

I am still trying to get a photo of Kingfishers which I have seen on the River Tweed when walking the dog in the mornings. I had a definite sighting of one again a couple of days ago but did not have the camera with me. Took the camera with me this morning but it was all to no avail. However I will keep trying!

Interesting point from the holiday was the appearance of two birds on the ship. They looked very much like either House Martins or Sand Martins and they were hitching a free lift south on board. During the day they would fly alongside and over and around the ship and at night I noticed them sitting in plastic palm trees which were situated on the sun deck. As soon as the ship turned to sail north again they vanished. Very clever indeed!