Another cold morning today with frost on my Geranium leaves

Sedum flowers

and ajuga and London Pride leaves.

Even though I come to this end of the garden every morning to refill the bird feeder the Mahonia has come into flower without me noticing. How can that be?

The flowers on the Bears Britches have given way to seed heads. 

The Rosa Rugosa flowers have given way to huge rose hips. I did make some rather nice rosehip wine with them one year, but haven't done much wine making recently as I seemed to be making more than I can drink and have quite a large store!

There is ice on the bird bath. The birds will have to drink soewhere else this morning.

Luckily I tucked my Fuschia and Pelagoniums away in the mini greenhouse a couple of weeks ago. I did take a few cuttings first in case they don't make it. They are on the windowsill in the living room.

The birds are hungry.

The starlings are top of the pecking order, until the jackdaw arrives but he isn't about this morning. The sparrows wait their turn in the ash tree, or flock to the seed I scattered on the ground.

A brave starling has discovered my fatty feast.

And a lone Dunnock has found some seed on the ground.

A lone Bluetit braves the Starlings to get a taste of sunflower hearts.

I wonder what these 3 are talking about.

Is that a Sparrow I spy on the sunflower hearts?

And a Greattit on the peanuts.

The feeders are empty after a couple of hours and they are getting through an apple a day.

Meanwhile in the back garden the feeders outside the kitchen window are a bit less busy although the washing up took twice as long this morning, as I was trying to get a decent photo.

So far it is only the starlings who have discovered my fatty feasts, hopefully the smaller birds will discover them soon.