First bird of my day: jackdaw. I think. Not well. me not it. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

A chaffinch was heard as I ventured outside on this cold and drizzly morning in Cumbria. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: a whole tree of jackdaws bursting out and up and over in a chatter. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

Jackdaws yet again, a couple of crows and a pigeon, cunningly disguised as another jackdaw with its dark greyish black feathers. Only the walk gave it away, that and the iridescent feathers on the breast. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: my crow in the rain honking. The usual. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

The jackdaws are following me around. Woke up to them this morning in my little room in Ambleside. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: jackdaws on the roof, sunning themselves. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

I can see jackdaws, almost at eye level, on the chimney of the old house across the road from this rather grand hotel I’m staying in. Damp and melancholic outside, enough to make me want to stay in bed instead of walk around the village as planned. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: blackbird in the rain with a robin singing nearby. I love birdsong in the autumn, it’s a final flourish after a melancholy August. Does anyone feel the same? #firstbirdsofmyday #whatsyours

I can hear blue tits and robins and get up to see a flurry of activity in the large tree just outside my bedroom window. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: a sparrow braving the rain. Oh no. Back in the bush. Phew. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

A wood pigeon cooing noisily from behind the house and robins of course, as plentiful as my magpies. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: a blackbird peeping at me from the bush. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

Happy birthday Hannah. Very quiet here this morning but I spotted a little hoppy brown bird skirting around the garden hedges. Wren or dunnock, I’m not sure. It was very sweet 😊 #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my (birth) day: my crow honking. I’d like to think he was saying happy birthday but I think he was just hungry. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

Robins again, chattering enthusiastically on this bright and beautiful morning in South Newington. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

First bird of my day: some starlings flying fast through the blue #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours

Two robins chatting across the garden. One flew off under the hedge as I wandered over for a closer look. #Firstbirdofmyday #Whatsyours

And mine was a Woodpigeon on a neighbour’s lawn while a Red Kite screeched noisily somewhere close by…
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First bird of my day: the village rooks heading off to the fields in the light of the pink tinted sunrise. #firstbirdofmyday #whatsyours