The feeding station at Stithians Reservoir was a bit like Noah's Ark yesterday morning with all the birds coming along two by two, First came the female Greater Spotted Woodpecker closely followed by her mate, They spent around twenty minutes on the feeders with several pairs of Great tits and bluetits fearlessly diving in between them to claim their share of the bounty, When the woodpeckers finally left leaving me with plenty or single and pair images a fine pair of colourful Greenfinches flew in to compete with several Goldfinches for perch position on the seed feeders, Two pairs of Coaltits joined in to the feast but these feisty birds seemed to spend more time seeing each other off than feeding and finally three and a half pairs of Chaffinch arrived without any particular preference on food choice they flew in to which ever feeder was vacant, Feeding stations might not be every photographers choice of location but they do present the opportunity to spend more time with any given subject and perhaps the secret of success is in catching them before or after they feed so as to exclude the unattractive feeders
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