Young birds in Our Garden@19.

July this year has been one of the wettest on record here in some areas of the united kingdom.

Last year we were experiencing 40°C heat at this time of year.

Learning how to garden with these changing conditions, is going to prove very difficult It must be even more so for the wildlife around us.

The garden seems to be full of young birds this year, blue tits, sparrows, robin and goldfinches are all visiting the feeders along with their parents.

Whilst this weather has not suited the majority of insects, I think the aphids may have done well and helped support feeding all these young birds, along with the ready supply from our bird-feeders.

We have always had a good population of goldfinches, robins and sparrows. It is nice to see an increase in the blue tit Family.

However, this has led to the inevitable visit from the sparrow hawk, although I haven’t seen it make a catch yet, everything has to find food in the wild. Blue tits feed on aphids and sparrow hawks feed on blue tits and other small birds.

The garden has lots of trees and shrubs for the birds to hide in on the way down to the feeders, which is important in helping them to feel secure when feeding.

I feed the birds throughout the year in the garden. This gives me pleasure watching them, especially when you see whole families coming to the feeders.

We are hoping for the jetstream to move, bringing some sunnier weather here to the United Kingdom. I think the wildlife would appreciate it as well.

The slide show begins with the young robin who has yet to develop a red breast, there is also among the blue tits a young coal tit on the feeder, he has more black markings on his head. The young goldfinches are still to develop their full adult colours.