Sleepy Fox and Breeding Bird Survey results in full!

A Fox was sat in the grass near the tunnel this morning - looked like a young one (the Fox, not the tunnel) and was completely unfazed by a train passing within a metre of it!

I'm always delighted by the tiny delicate flowers of Cleavers - lots growing above the wall this morning.

The moment you've all been waiting for has arrived - details of yesterday's BTO Breeding Bird Survey round Montpelier, St Andrews and St Pauls:
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
Herring Gull 2
Woodpigeon 19
Collared Dove 6
Swift 7
Wren 6
Dunnock 1
Robin 4
Blackbird 15
Blackcap 2
Great Tit 1
Magpie 9
Carrion Crow 6
Starling 2
House Sparrow 23
Goldfinch 9
Feral Pigeon 28

Surprising absence of Blue Tits and Jays and only one Great Tit, although of course the survey is only a snapshot of what's about at any given time. House Sparrow numbers seem to be holding up well and as I said yesterday, it's good the Swifts are hanging on.