RSPB big garden bird watch has become an annual wildlife count to check for local biodiversity.

Ben spent his hour in Birchfields Park near Rusholme and Longsight, counting lots of jackdaws and parakeets with a few robins and magpies too.

Jen spotted a sparrow, magpie, and a great tit in the garden in Slough.

Quiet, peaceful, and wholesome hour spent not looking at a screen or rushing around. Bliss.

A very active session today. We were back in the reed bed area with Mick giving a dam about improving the dam built last time and digging more channels.

Meanwhile Sheila and Jen joined a group clearing more of the reed bed, trees and brambles back. Lots of lopping, sawing and chopping. We cleared a good area by the end of the session.