I'm watching you..

[Scrumpy]

 I have a Hazelnut tree that hangs over into my garden.. 
Already she is shedding her leaves..
I watch a squirrel who lives nearby in a very large tree..
It runs along the fence.. stops... eyeballs me .. runs along a wall then jumps into the Hazelnut tree.. 
Sometimes he stops to have a nut or two...dropping the shells wherever it pleases.. Then he returns to his home with a nut firmly in his mouth.. Winters stock..
I watch a pigeon pair come down to have a bath in the big bird bath outside my kitchen window.. 
Sometimes when he is on his own he sits in the bath and soaks for a while.. They never bathe together..

Where are all the garden birds ?.. I have seen an occasional one at the bath, front garden and back.. but very few.. And how silent birdsong has been this summer..
I miss the song of the Blackbird..

[Vlad]

I have stopped feeding the birds during the summer, but still get blackbirds, pigeons and sparrows in the bird bath.

[Mups]

You are right about the silence of the birds, Scrumps,  I have noticed the same.

Why do those bloomin' Pigeons always poo in the bird baths?  
They have a drink,  then turn round, poo in the water  then fly off.
So I have to put fresh water in again for the smaller birds that come.  

[muddy]

I put fresh water in a large bowl outside the back door for the dogs .
Five minutes late a fat pigeon  was having a bath in it !
I have put out a shallow tray for the sparrows they love it ,

[Mups]

Such a simple idea Muddy,  but it may have saved a little life today.  

[GrannyMac]

I hang fatballs on our lilac tree.  Starlings love them, pigeons sit underneath waiting for bits to drop off. We get sparrows and bluetits too, but not many this year.

[Alex]

I bought some tape from Temu to deter the pigeons.  I put it on my washing line and fences and it has stopped them congregating in groups..  I see the odd one, but they are avoiding this shiny, noisy tape