 In
our garden, a blackbird takes nesting material into the spiky
shelter
of the pyracantha behind the greenhouse. With magpies
on patrol the nest needs to be well-protected. A cock pheasant
tries to follow a female into the branches of next door’s
sumac but lands awkwardly on the twiggy top of the hawthorn
hedge. He teeters around with some attempt to maintain his  dignified
splendour before giving up and returning to the ground.
Purple ivy berries provide a welcome food source
for blackbirds and wood pigeons alongside the causey stone path.
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