Nuthatches and coal tits share the peanut feeder with the common blue and great tits. An entire family of great spotted woodpeckers delights us with its furtive visits, hiding behind the silver birch and peeking 'round to see if we are watching. Of course we watched, as unobtrusively as possible, so that the woodpeckers were not deterred. Our local pair of thrushes is spoilt as, in warm weather, individual sultanas are tossed out to each. The blackbirds continue to chase each other and the thrushes as they all lay claim to the garden.
Chaffinches are numerous, greenfinches less so.
The sparrow population declined or moved on a couple of years ago after several visits from a sparrowhawk. The female of the pair startled me recently as she flew in pursuit along one side of the garden straight toward the window. Bad winter weather brought a pair of jays to the garden regularly one year while a very dry summer led to daily visits from marsh tits for water. The red kites have extended their range to this valley and, especially on fine days, they glide over the houses as well as over the fields at the edge of the village. The red kites are unperturbed by camera or binoculars unlike most other birds.