Matching colours

I had not taken any photos this morning so decided to have my afternoon cup of tea on the steps at the back door in case any birds came into the garden. I timed it well. The male bullfinch sat awhile in the plum tree, his feathers matching the colour of the leaves, a dunnock sat on the back of the bench, a great tit and a blue tit fed from the fat ball feeder and most surprising of all, a female mallard flew across the garden! I was not prepared for that one, and didn’t get a photo of her, but it did explain the strange quacking noise I had heard coming from my neighbour’s garden!