Behind our village shop is a small garden where the lady has lots of bird-feeders hanging from a long line. A huge privet hedge runs beside it and it's absolutely awash with house sparrows. Lovely to see!

Do birds flying OVER the garden count? If so, we saw four beautiful swans with their long necks outstretched, followed by a large group of geese honking away, heading for our string of lakes. Then at the back was a large, tatty-looking heron with its legs dangling down. They always look like worn-out umbrellas. Norfolk people call them 'harnsers'. And leaving the village across the bridge we noticed a little egret (white thing like a small heron) down by the river.

(Steve, sorry to hear you've been poorly. Hope you get better soon. Eliza.)