Baby boom!

Over the last few day the garden has been alive with birds all very busy feeding and bathing so I think that they must all be tending chicks.
The sparrows are all coming down in ever increasing numbers and I'm thrilled to say there are at least six pairs and maybe more. As they come down at certain times to feed and bathe, then disappear, I think they are then looking for food for thier chicks. I know that there are a couple of pairs nesting under the tiles in the houses round the corner and I believe there are more further over because at the back of those houses there is a long, tall privet hedge that divides the gardens from those in the next street.
There is also a pair of magpies who come down every day to check out the facilities, they have a drink and check out the bird table for any left over seed or maybe bits of peanut that the squirrels or great tits have dropped.
I always know when the great tits are coming because they make a lot of noise on the approach to the bird feeder hanging below the bird table. Yesterday I was amused when one spotted the peanuts in the squirrel's box and was trying to get them through the clear perspex front. He was very frustrated and shouted a lot before giving up on those and going onto the feeder.
The most industrious bird is the female blackbird. She has been turning over the bark under the bird table and has actually made hollows about four or five inches across and about the same depth. I think she knows that this is the most moist part of the garden and there are a lot of worms and other morsels there.
It's taken six months for them to return but I'm so happy they're back. Hopefully they will bring their young over when they are old enough.