SPOTTER’S GUIDE Foraging birds
Winter’s slim pickings turn our feathered friends into tenacious treasure seekers HEDGEROW HUNTERS Boundary shrubs shelter chattering tits, searching for the fruits of hawthorn and blackthorn amid the branches.
TEASEL THIEVES Keep your eyes peeled for goldfinches flittering between the spiky plumes of these herbaceous plants, prising out seeds from between the spines.
BERRY BANDITS Against January’s grey skies, clouds of blackbirds perch like charcoal marks on rowan trees and holly bushes, squabbling with thrushes over the best berries. Find out more at bto.org.