Pair of great tits and a wren

I have been watching a pair of great tits in the garden for a few days now. They actively forage in the gutters, underneath the eaves, in the bushes, flowers pots and many other places. A selection of pics below taken on the same day. (Pictures not brilliant quality as I had to take them through the window and then change the contrast to remove the lift reflection). 

In the gutter

Nothing under here

Just check the gutter again

Foraging on the flint wall

Checking the strawberry plants

A tasty spider from underneath the window.

A wren foraged in the shrubs behind the pond before flying up onto the fence and singing.

Wren

The weather is still very cold and frosty. I watched a wren from the kitchen window foraging for food in the foligae on the side of the hut.

The wren is unmistakable with its rounded body and tail which sticks up behind. It is also very well camouflaged.

The wren also moves in almost a jerky movement, as it searched in the foliage and undeneath the rain gutter.

Wren

First entry for 2009. While making a cup of tea in the kitchen I caught a movement through the kitchen window from the corner of my eye.

It was a small brown bird hopping around in the foliage on the side of the shed. It took a while before I got a clear view and was pleased to see a little wren.

The wren foraged for about 5 minutes before moving up into the branches of the tree that overhangs the shed.

A pair of blackbirds was also very active in the bear apple tree in the garden behind ours. They were around late morning and returned at dusk with lots of warning calls. A chaffinch also passed by very quickly and a robin also flew across the garden.