Very quiet about on the bird front lately. Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers were seen in the garden yesterday prior to flying off into Oak trees nearby. Buzzards are seen pretty much on a daily basis, sometimes sitting in nearby trees , at others riding high on the
thermals. Plenty of babies about with Robins, Hedge Sparrows and Blue Tits much in evidence in the garden. Blackbirds and Song Thrushes seem to be very plentiful all around the village.There are large numbers of small Rabbits seemingly everywhere, I don't doubt that the Buzzards will thin these out as some seem to be infected with Myxamatosis.
The two Fallow Deer are still around the village frequently. This morning , when I took the dog out for her walk, they were feeding near the main road. Did I have my camera, no. I walked home, about 150 metres, picked up camera and set off again. They had barely moved when I got back. I took several shots of the buck, moved about six inches to my right to line up on the doe, they were gone. About a week ago they were posing under a nearby street lamp at about 11pm. I definitely was not carrying a camera at that time.
We had an unwelcome visitor this morning. A Hornet came in through an open bedroom window. My wife quickly vacated same bedroom. I managed a couple of not very good pictures before it flew out through the open window sounding like a small helicopter.
There still seem to be plenty of Painted Lady butterflies about, lots of Speckled Woods around here, too.
