Bad day for Mr and Mrs Blackbird - I found baby No.1 in the bedroom, decidedly the worse for wear, but it looks like it was a clean kill, which, considering I have 2 cats with hardly any teeth and the third has dicky legs, is about all we can hope for. I'm doing regular patrols of the garden now where chick No.2 has moved to another sanctuary but is in peril from the ginger tom from over the back.

LTS