Once again, this morning’s search for the first Wheatear of the season on the boulders and grassy areas of Cardiff Bay’s Barrage proved fruitless, as did a walk around the small fenced-off brownfield paddocks of Porth Teigr where, in previous winters, the Black redstarts would assemble (but not this past winter) and an occasional Wheatear might appear.

Luckily for me, my disappointment at the lack of Wheatears was more than compensated for by the little flock of Greenfinches I found, and heard, feeding in the stand of pine trees in front of the BBC studios.

Each bird, both male and female, moved from one pine cone to the next, using their strong sharp beaks to extract the scales from the female cones, then nibble away at the scale until only the seed remained.

BBC staff may have been busy creating their next award-winning nature series within the neighbouring building but, actually, the reality show happening right outside was much more riveting.