Nuthatch activity on my Church patch.

Ive always heard the Nuthatches in and around my Church patch, and Ive seen them often enough, Ive also managed to capture a few photos, but for the most part I had failed to get any decent shots to date. So I set out to watch them for an hour or so, and just see if I could finally get some good shots. I had noticed that they would occasionally land on part of the church wall, but more often than not, they would soon fly off when I approached that area. So I set up camp(well, I stood near the area where I had seen them!) and camera at the ready, just waited, without trying to move too much. It wasnt long before they put on a show, I would say there were at least 2 to 4 of them(possibly more?) it was hard to keep track of the numbers. It seems that they have a stash of nuts/seeds/food in a hole in the Church wall, and they visited this stash often! I also witnessed them preening in nearby trees and I saw 2 different birds remove large bugs from trees. I think I did quite well all in all, I missed the preening shots, and I wish I would have been closer when they were drilling the trees for those delicious bugs, but you cant "win em all".

Some photos then. All shots were taken on the 22nd of March.