There’s enough people out here for a Sherlock Holmes mystery '); '); WHILE Rosemary is going through her morning yoga exercises, I go outside to check on the weather as I never entirely believe the forecasts. It does not look too bad today, although I learn that later we may have rain, sleet or snow. Bird activity in the garden is on the increase. Greenfinches and goldfinches trill away, high in our trees, a green woodpecker “yaffles” not far off. On the ground, dunnocks, blackbirds and robins hop about. A pair of collared doves coo. Magpies, carrion crows and jackdaws perform juvenile gang warfare. I notice there are more blackcaps and goldcrests than normal. There seem to be more coal tits too, daring little fellows. Many of the little birds are pairing up.