Saw a solitary goldfinch this morning on our birdbath. Hope its mates are around somewhere, as we had a nice group of them last summer.

We always chuck out scraps for the birds on to our back lawn, and are getting all the wrong birds coming down. Today it was about twenty huge and rather dominant seagulls. They aren't used to gardens at all, but hovered like drones until they plucked up the courage to land and grab stuff to swallow whole. They fiercely chased off some tatty-looking crows and three skinny starlings. After they'd gone, a robin and a male blackbird hoovered up the remaining scraps.

Our conservatory windows are now covered in huge blobs of seagull poo, as is our car. Thanks guys!