Our little foretaste of spring didn't last long as it was wet and windy for the whole of last week. I was thus restricted to doing some balcony birding, although this female Great Spotted Woodpecker livened things up a little by making an occasional appearance.
At the weekend, it stayed dry long enough for me to visit my regular Brussels patch, where I saw no less than 45 species, all of them residents or winter visitors, but it won't be long now until the first Chiffchaffs arrive and spring can really get underway.
