Sometimes you do not need to go far to see wildlife, in fact just a glance out of the window can provide results, it is always good to have things in the garden that will attract wildlife like feeders, nest boxes, a small pond and the right plants and shrubs for food and cover.

One bonus in the Winter is having shrubs that produce berries, like the Cotoneaster we have under out front window, which provides lots of bright red berries that the birds love, some mornings when it is cold I have seen, sparrows, blue tits and blackbirds feeding on he berries, in really cold weather I have come home to see redwing and fieldfare fly away from the shrub.

But it is the blackbirds that seem to be the more bold I have often sat with my back to the window with the feeling I am being watched, like this Sunday when I sat reading the Sunday paper, I turned round and saw a female blackbird eating the berries, it looked at me and I looked back at her,we were eye to eye only inches apart with only the double glazed window between us.

She stayed there long enough to let me get up and fetch my camera, but as I took a couple of photographs she decided to turn her back on me as much to say, if I can not see him he can not see me.

It is only when you see these birds close up you can see wonderful nature is.