It was looking like we'd have our first month without a diary entry since we started way back in 2014 - so I made a special effort to get some bird photos today.
It's a sort-of summary of the year too in that the coal tits have been particularly successful this year. We have regularly seen large numbers in the garden throughout the year. All the small birds seem to have had a successful year - all except for nuthatches. We haven't seen or heard a nuthatch in the garden since April 29th 2023 - they'd been regular visitors prior to that.
The crested tits seem to be doing well too. We've had regular single visitors and an almost unheard-of two at once a couple of times (they seem to not like the competition and the dominant one will chase the other away).