Rachel !!

Jack (16) came in announcing there was some strange bird in the garden. I've never seen a Jay in our garden before and not only did he/she hang around for a while - he seemed to be talking (I don't know much about Jays so maybe this is usual behaviour - his word of choice sounded very much like Rachel) but best of all he was eating out of our hands.

This is Sam's (12) hand (you can just see his special finger - the one that got chopped off when he was a month off 2yrs old).

We sat out with Mr (or Mrs) Jay for about half an hour until we crowded him and he flew off - I've left some food out for him hoping he pays another visit.

There are a few more pictures of him here