For a lot of people part of the joy of a garden is wildlife. Ours is certainly built to attract it, though the birds always seem to ignore the bird boxes in favour of the scruffy hedgerows.
We also have bird feeders. The arguments for and against are difficult to balance, but we have them. Considerable time has been spent stopping grey squirrels getting at them and making sure that large birds don’t dominate too much.
Recently I have been filming from the house using a little telephoto attachment on an old smart phone. Below are a couple of mixes from the filming. Warning – the first contains a sparrowhawk. The second is a medley of clips with bird sounds recorded in the garden.