What have you seen

Thanks ADP1963, the nearest spot for you is Somerset or a bit further Norfolk, and as I used to live in Malvern that would have been a sight to them flying over the hills if they get that far.

Had the Hawfinch on the window feeder a few times and no other birds can get on it, they will have a bit of a shock Wednesday as we are away for awhile so no food will be put out  so hope they will come back when we are back.

Not something just seen but sometimes to listen to, with the prospects of times ahead. We

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Nice music Nellie, thanks.  When you think of it there is a lot of beautiful music written about birds and wildlife. I like Craig Ogden's "Birds Flew Over The Spire."

RedKite and ADP although we have Cranes here in Somerset I still haven't seen them, there is a LINK to the local project here. They are doing well.

Interestingly I have spotted the "pied" Jackdaw out in the fields behind us, easy to pick out, it just shows how vulnerable creatures are when they don't blend in with others.

1st brambling of the winter on our garden feeders today. Hopefully, will stay around for a while. 🙂

Now at Obterre and the owners Mike and Cath if we go up the road about half a mile there hundreds of cranes feeding in the fields so a trip up there tomorrow with bins and camera and hope to see some of them. they have go bird feeders here and will need topping up so that will keep me busy.

Pliers we had a Brambling on our window feeder the other week but not seen it recently.

RedKite....I frequent both those places at all different times of the year and so far have not managed that spectacle........I live in anticipation .

Well had to out late morning and thought will look at this field for the Cranes saw about 40 feeding so got OH to park a little way from them and I got my camera  and got myself behind a tree and had a good view of them just about to take some photos and a b....y great lorry came by and made so much noise they all flew off westwards no not a happy bunny but will try again sometime and will listen for them calling around here and may go to Brenne and  one of the hides where we have been told huge numbers have been seen there, but at least I did see some also a lot of small birds about in large numbers could not see them enough to identify them.

Very good view of a stoat today, running across our local moors. Pure white, so really couldn’t miss it. 
Would have been very well camouflaged a couple of weeks ago, but not today!
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Just back from a walk across Penhale Dunes with the dogs and delighted to catch a close up of a pair of choughs. Only the second time in all the years we've been walking these parts that we've seen them close up like that and it was only their distinctive call that alerted me to the fact that they weren't common or garden rooks! 

Not what we've seen but we heard a Tawny Owl calling outside the van at 15:45 this afternoon. Just goes to show how dark it was today.