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THE GOLDFINCH RESTAURANT
​AT THE END ​OF
​THE MULBERRY

The Goldfinch Restaurant 
At the End of our Mulberry 
Every Observation is an Opportunity
The arrival of carduelis carduelis in the garden sparked the idea of opening an opportunity for this colourful member of the Fringellidae family.  'Market research' advised that we had a potential clientele as far as location was concerned.  Two birds had visited.  They called again some days later and they brought a few friends. ​
Every Opportunity is an Observation et vv
The local garden centre had feeders which could act as ready-made alfresco platforms hung in trees.  These birds are specialised feeders.  The mulberry came out a clear winner when we discovered that goldfinches used a very specific flight path to arrive at their feeding perches

​They would land on a branch high up and then hop down from one branch to another as if descending a stairs until they arrived at their eventual perch.  Time to lay the table?
A feeder was primed with 'niger' seed and we began to observe what our new clients would get up to.  We were helped by a particularly nasty period of very cold weather which reduced normal sources of their natural fare 

​As Winter oozed through February we had introduced a second platform and then a third.  Within a fortnight we had built up a regular and ever- increasing clientele. 

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Within a fortnight of opening we had built up a passing trade including the original pair who were daily visitors. 

​First perches were taken shortly after dawn in January but by February that had settled down to first orders about 7am with passing traffic flying in for most of the morning. 

One day we had a large crowd all at once, maybe eight to ten causing much amusement as with only four perches and maybe ten looking for seed, a game of musical chairs with constant turnover ensued.  There were a couple of more aggressive clients, bigger than the others. 

Our attitude is to not interfere with nature  [we have read and understand Isabella Tree's wilding project at Knepp]  but we could provide extra seating and move perches around to different places without interfering with nature.
By mid February, we were getting continuous business right up to midday and even later so we opened further branches in different parts of the garden and away from the mulberry.  One located near the kitchen window had an immediate visitor.  This intrepid adventurer took a seat and gorged himself without interference from the riff-raff and the [larger] bullies in the Mulberry.   We would have loved to offer him a post but he looked identical to the rabble and the position could be abused.
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  • MUDDY BROWN WATER
    • CORDWAIN
    • Colour of Water
    • Lehman Way
    • Loadsa Money
    • Floating Man Cave
    • Cunning Lists
    • Later Lists
    • letters and articles
    • by buying a boat
    • and floating away
    • with a pint of milk
    • not quite 100 percent
    • begin boating
    • Uisge Donn Salach
    • Boat Survey
    • Hide & Seek
    • Hide and Seek
    • Real Deal
    • Finding a Fix
    • Give me my Boat
    • a failed survey
  • PENTARGON'S BLOG
  • HOME
    • CURLY WURLY >
      • ARTISTIC NARROWBOAT >
        • goldfinch restaurant >
          • tearpree blink
          • tearpree veriews
    • Sail The Dream
    • Sell the Boat
    • Sail-Away
    • ULYSSES UNRAVELLED
    • Pogue Away Day
    • Sailing Away
    • CONCEPT v REALITY >
      • to live off-grid
      • ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND >
        • Original List
      • Wrong Way Round
      • epilogue criochnaithe
      • On-Grid-Ways
      • Recession
      • Slough Arm
    • RELATION ... SHIPS >
      • 12-0 humans
      • 12-1 widminter
      • 12-2 WHO
      • 12-3 WHEN
      • 12-4 HOW
      • 12-5 WHY
      • 12-6 WHAT
      • 12-7 on board
      • 12.8 comms
    • 14-0 ODORSHET >
      • 14-1 facebooked
      • 14-3 excremented
      • 14-4 excretions origins
      • 14-2 macerated
      • 14-5 composting
    • Pentargon Days >
      • 2015
      • The Original Blog List >
        • PENTARGON
        • 60906
  • PENTARGONS GALLEY
    • Pentargon Coffee
    • Off-Grid-Catering
    • Pasta Management
    • Porridge
    • Drop Scones
    • Bolognaise
    • Marinade
    • CuppaCocoa
    • Burger Stew
    • Scromolet
    • Cooking with Steam
  • SPLANING
    • 2013-0 Water Wasted
    • 2013-1 Water Heated
    • 2013-2 water costed
    • 2013-3 water not wasted
  • HOT AND COLD
    • Fuelling Fires
    • Hampshire Heat
    • Charcoal Heat
    • Boat Heat
  • SAMUEL JOHN SPRINGER
    • Operation Pied Piper
    • Sam's Harborough
    • Harborough & Rolt
    • Samuel in Expansion
    • Patience is a Minor
  • BILLY'S STORY
  • TALES FROM THE TIDES
    • ponder not how >
      • London Stones
      • down river
    • Inland Storms >
      • river creek >
        • Mapping My Village
        • Dartford Departure
    • FROM WITHOUT >
      • Just Another Day
      • Spoons on the cut
      • Between the Locks
      • TECHNICAL TALES >
        • ships husbandry >
          • hull maintenance
          • recycling
          • carpentry
        • Mitred Fire Escape
        • qualified bullshitters
        • electric enterprises >
          • Electrical Ingenuity >
            • Charge of the Light Brigade
            • wired in radio
            • charging electric
        • boatpaint
        • propellers - propulsion >
          • Leaf Mugging
      • kenya jacaranda >
        • ebb and flow
        • ship security
        • 2017 jetsam
        • 2016 sink some
      • The Bristol Channel
      • The Boat Flag Story
    • years and tears >
      • Bottle of Wine >
        • The wine travels on
      • flow and ebb >
        • Mitre Gate Lock
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