There's usually something to see, even it if may only be a confiding dunnock or a cocky robin. Kestrels and buzzards are a common sight, linnets nest in summer...soon bumbles will appear.
Today's distraction happened very high overhead. Alerted by a Kehaar cry of "YARK" I looked up to see a gull having a right old go at a passing sparrowhawk - a herring gull judging by the size difference.
The sparrowhawk screamed, and made its way off to the north, while the gull mooched off in the opposite direction, well satisfied with its work. Flap flap glide. Flap flap glide.
So flies the sparrowhawk.
Si
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You’re lucky to see kestrels regularly. Sadly far less common than they once were. Poor old hawk being seen off by a cross gull!
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