While the rest of you seem to be clocking up the Spring arrivals our corner of the Alps remains cool and damp, snow falling just a couple of hundred metres higher up so perhaps it's not surprising that my last addition was back in February. Birdsong on the increase though, and the Brambling are starting to look very smart (see the Talk Talk tribute photo attached
).
A particularly dingy-looking Treecreeper caught my attention an hour ago, opening the window I heard the song, confirming my suspicions, a male
52 Short-toed Treecreeper
shuffling mouse-like up the neighbours' cherry tree. I saw none until September last year after the excitement of a first breeding up here in 2022, hopefully it will stick around and attract a mate!