A bit of company for the blackbird Ruth photographed and posted recently. This one is in the garden of the Engine House where we stayed and it seems the lawn is a good source of grub. The very first time we stayed there there were a pair with a new brood nesting in one of the shrubs at the front door of the Engine House - good job the door everyone uses is the second door further along and so they were not disturbed. We used to see the mum running around the lawn before grabbing a beak full and dashing back to the nest, this one did visit quite a lot this year but we had no idea where the nest was this year.

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