An object lesson in thrush hunger

Rockland, Norfolk It’s not uncommon to see two fight over fruit for minutes on end, each lunging alternately at the otherOur neighbours grow apples commercially and their five acres supply both the community in autumn and the thrushes during winter. Recently I fulfilled a long-held promise to erect a hide and watch the birds among the windfalls there. First I had to gather several barrowfuls of my own, which was itself a memorable exercise. While I raked the wasp-mined Bramleys my boots mu