Defending Territories

This morning was grim again. We should be grateful that we've not taken the battering that the South and West have been having, but even when it isn't blowing and raining, it is so wet everywhere that walking is not the pleasure it should be. It did brighten up later, and I went out to get some paint and some other shopping. Another back garden bird blip. There are lots of birds around at the moment, mostly blackbirds, house sparrows, starlings and assorted corvids, and a pair of robins, all of which suggests they think Spring is on its way. I hope they're right.