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Overcast and drizzle and no car. So home it is, with the first CHIFFCHAFF of the year in the garden.  In fact I think there was more than one as one bird was trying to chiff and another had a Huwet call, as in the Autumn. You can see his little rhino horn above his beak as it is wet.

Meet Harry and Sally.

First came together on Feb 14th, very uncanny and have stuck with each other again. Last year was the first time they ever had young and this year we wait and see. His relationship is odd with her but has improved over the last 3 years. He now shows much more concern for her at feeding time and will defend her and make food available. They are fed in the morning and in the evening and after a feed they clear off. Harry and Sally defend the area and by keeping them the Lesser black back Gulls do not nest. So I am not a target for there aggression. You see Herring Gulls have there uses.