Lonely Nuthatch?

Now, at the end of October, I have commenced feeding the wild birds after a summer’s lay off. Various types of tit soon showed up, including the long tails which are my favourite, to take my offerings. After a few days I noticed an absence of nuthatches, normally one of the first breeds to show up. Then a day or two later I noticed one feeding upside down on the peanuts. Hurrah! A few days later I concluded there to be only one nuthatch. Rather odd as they have always previously come as a pair. But it has remained as being a single bird which begs the question why? Last winter I wrote of a nuthatch on my feeders with a damaged claw, had it died and left its partner on its own?
I tried to find out if nuthatches pair for life, but I was unable to find anything on this. So I have a lonely nuthatch to keep me company for the winter — or will its luck change and a partner come along? I await with interest to see what develops.

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LINTON AND DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY – PROGRAMME
4th December: Gillian White: The Hugely Huggable History of the Teddy Bear
5th February: Andy Moir: Dendrochronology and dating of timber-framed buildings in Herefordshire
5th March: Chairman’s Lecture: Ernst Zillekens: Bess of Hardwick
For further information please contact Ernst Zillekens:  ldhschair@gmail.com

MULTI-LINGUAL VENTURE FROM NEWENT CHORAL
Newent Choral Society will be venturing into Ukranian, Lithuanian and Polish for their Christmas concert at St Mary’s Church, Newent on Saturday 7th December this year! They have even enlisted the help of local native speakers to help with pronunciation for the carols which will form part of the concert, together with well-loved extracts from The Messiah and have chosen to start at 3pm instead of in the evening to allow more people to travel in the light. Tickets cost £12 on the door and under-16s are, as is customary, admitted free.

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UPTON WINS
COUNTY W.I.
OF THE YEAR

Upton Bishop W.I. has won the coveted Paddy Ariss Trophy as Herefordshire Women’s Institute of the Year and received the Award in October. More of their news Upton Bishop page