Whilst at work last week, I was looking out of my window at some nearby trees and noticed lots of birds flying around. It was quite unusual as there were so many of them, compared with other days when there are just the odd one or two.
When I looked at them with a bit more concentration, I found that one was a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, some were Great Tits and also a couple of Treecreepers!
I had seen the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker before in another location, and we have an abundance of Great Tits near our house, but this was the first time that I had seen a Treecreeper.
At first I wasn’t sure that it was a Treecreeper as it was in the shade so I couldn’t pick out any colours, but when it finally did move into the light I could see that it had a white chest and a curved beak. It was also climbing up and down the trunk of the tree and upside down under branches, which is why I thought it was a Treecreeper in the first place. It was great to watch as it was different to other birds. I also found online that Treecreepers tend to hang around with other smaller birds such as Blue Tits, Marsh Tits and Great Tits, which fitted in with the birds that were around it.
Needless to say, I am keeping an eye out my window at the trees a bit more often now!