Nothing goes to waste.

The birds have been on a feeding frenzy and the 'dawn chorus' has been much earlier than other years. Put up a nut feeder and a hanging fat ball from a branch quite near the back of the house and it is the favourite haunt of the various birds of the tit family. Chaffinches love the sunflower seeds provided and the robins and blackbirds aim for the bread. The blackbirds tend to make a right mess with the bread and flick in over the side. They then grab a large piece and zoom off noisily into the forest. Nothing goes to waste. Wood mice and voles silently appear under the bird table clearing up any remnants of food.