All Mod Cons

Admire my restraint in eschewing the obligatory Burns quote, with an almost physical effort!
It was one of those crisp, perfectly cloudless winter days. Biting cold, though, as we made our way up to the allotment. Pruned a few branches of the forsythia, Meles cut some withies from our wee coppiced ash, useful for bean teepees next year.
I refilled the bird-feeders and was almost shoved out of the way by some hungry blue tits going for the fresh food.
That's when I noticed this wee mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) who has made a nest amongst the pile of old paving slabs beneath the feeders. Every time the birds visit, he gets a shower of seeds just outside his front door. Very convenient :)