Twitching in Tipton

I don't know why, but this year we seem to have had a greater variety of birds in our back garden than ever before. Our usual handful of pigeons:

Wood Pigeon

A colony of sparrows who are nesting in our trees and roof!

sparrows

A robin ... possibly a pair as yesterday I saw a juvenile robin at the bottom of the garden. 

Robin

We get starlings occasionally. 

Starling

Jane spotted a wren last week. 

Wren

Black birds are regulars ... both male and females. 

Blackbird

We've been unusually inundated with Blue Tits and for the first time, Great Tits too. 

Blue Tit

Great Tit

We've had visits from chaffinches 

Chaffinch

And this year's great treat is a pair of Goldfinches that we see daily at the moment. 

Goldfinch

And yesterday a magpie chased a young song thrush into our trees...

Thrush

All just part of living in the (Black) Country I guess!