This week some of the hedge-sparrow chicks and blackbird chicks have fledged. Their first few attempts at flying are very comical. They seem astonished by what they've just done.

Some of the tiny new sparrows have found the shallow bowl of water under the Bay tree and they go bathing - sometimes two in at a time, water splashing everywhere.

And while the fluffy-feathered baby birds keep us entertained their anxious parents flit back and forth with encouraging cheeps and chirps, still feeding their newly-flown broods.

I love it.