Here come the hoopoes

Some new birds have made themselves at home in the garden behind the Farmhouse - they seem to be fond of our apple trees.  Not sure if they are rare or common here but it is the first itme we have seen them.  We also have a couple of mad jackdaws that keep flying into a little recessed window and make a real racket, usually very early in the morning.  Goldfinches have nested in the conifers in front of the open barn and Mark says there are 6 eggs in one of the nests.  Robins are building nests and seem to want to do it indoors as we keep finding piles of grass and moss on the floor.  And the fledglings of blue tits and great tits are quite big now but still a bit inclined to crash land.