The photo on the left was taken around 11am - after we'd already cleared the patio once!
The doves like to think they rule the roost - but in a fine example of bird brains they keep forgetting how to get into the bird table! Or anywhere if it comes to that. This is half of two couples which seem to live near the garden.
There are other occasional visitors who don't stop long enough to get their photos snapped... today a great tit, a robin and a chaffinch - not including the seagull circling overhead!
Delightfully this photo was taken about twenty minutes ago and there does seem to be an infinitesimal thaw beginning.