Spring is still being very elusive as it has been another grey and wet week but, during one of my daily walks around my neighbouring park, I did manage to locate this active Long-tailed Tit nest composed almost entirely of lichens. This has got to be one of the most elaborate nests of all European species and is usually hidden well out of sight; I think I've only ever seen two others in all my years of birding. There has already been good migration of Common Cranes and Red Kites in the east of Belgium but, here in Brussels, the first summer migrant to return is usually Lesser Black-backed Gull, and I saw 8 of them yesterday amongst a 300-strong flock of Black-headed, Herring and Common Gulls.
