The garden feeding station produced two rarities today, namely a Song Thrush which we rarely see these days and a Turtle Dove which in the last few years has seen a catastrophic decline, no doubt due to hunting in France and Spain. It really is about time that the European government gets its act together and bans hunting of birds. After all there is no meat on any of these birds, it is just a barbaric pursuit which is unacceptable in the 21st century.