‘I wonder if there’s anything up there to eat. Humans do sometimes leave food for us birds on these posts.’

Disappointment, and a rather accusatory glare at me, perhaps hoping that I might remedy the lack of seeds but I didn’t have any.

What a difference a week makes! The sun is shining, the dunnock stretches as high as it can to see if there’s any food and, joy, a kind human has left a huge pile of seeds!