It has been gloomy weather this past week with dark, grey skies, plenty of rain and the occasional short burst of sunshine. The overcast weather sort of gets you down a bit along with this COVID lockdown stuff… but spring is just around the corner so hang in there. Staying with the ‘darkish’ weather theme, this week I am focusing on birds around currently which are pied, black or grey in plumage with just a touch of colour every now and then to brighten up our spirits. Some of the shots are from my archive over the last year given it has not been great bird photography weather.