We had a spoonbill on Maer Lake nature reserve a few weeks ago. Pretty unusual. We've had a bit of an explosion of the jay population this year. I like 'em. A lot more sparrowhawk visits to the bird feeders this year. The littler dinosaurs scarper in mortal dread, but the sparrowhawks are just being sparrowhawks. Sadly, hardly a greenfinch all year and sparrows are now rarely seen round our garden. Good shows of balletic flocks of starlings right now and the fieldfares are back eating up the windfalls. The long-tailed tits will soon be back, hopefully. We now have overwintering blackcaps and even the odd chiffchaff. Climate change I guess.