I have a couple of bird feeders hanging from the cob nut tree in front of the cottage.  I love to do the washing up and being able to see the birds feeding there.   Today I was watching a woodpecker working his way round the tree.  The under gardener, who is very keen on garden birds, was not impressed with his antics in case he did any damage to the tree, especially when he moved on to the very old apple tree. Because of all the different trees in the garden there is always a wonderful variety of birds in the garden.  We have bats in the pine tree by the greenhouse and an owl in the woodland garden not to mention the hedgehogs in the garden.  All life can be found in this garden!