Pittswood Birds

The weather had cheered up this morning, making the walk into work a pleasure, it was made more pleasurable by the presence of another WHEATEAR at Migrant Alley, and whilst i watched it through my bins I heard the call of a YELLOW WAGTAIL, I looked up to see 4 of them drop down to feed in the paddocks, around the horses hooves, what a great start to the day :-)

On the walk home, things got even better, above the paddocks at Migrant Alley 3 BUZZARDS were soaring directly overhead, and as I scanned the fencelines for the Wheatear seen earlier, I found not one but four! Of course, after seeing that lot I was off home double quick to get my camera, with the following results :-)

I stayed around Migrant Alley for the rest of the visit, hoping for another passage bird to drop in, which never happened, but that was made up for by the number of Raptors seen. Two SPARROWHAWKS, a KESTREL, another Buzzard, and 3, possibly 5 HOBBIES! Three were seen together, and as they drifted higher and further away, two more came into view just seconds later, though they may have been two of the original 3.

A SWIFT was seen feeding with the SWALLOWS, as were a couple of HOUSE MARTINS, and two CORMORANTS circled round with a flock of HERRING GULLS. In all a very nice afternoon ;-)

The photo's below were taken whilst I ate a very light lunch in my garden

Above and below a wary STARLING on the Elder berries, they are super aware that the Sparrowhawk comes through here regularly :-)

Lastly this BLUE TIT was feeding on some Blackberries overhanging the garden wall