Local Again!

 With the car out of commission, it was another local walk this morning. Margie and I heading to the foothills of Wolstonbury, but deciding not to go up it!! 😂 If anything we saw less than I saw yesterday, although the later start meant a bit of raptor action with good views of a couple of Kestrels hunting, a Female Sparrowhawk chasing a Male, he was fairly shifting so she might of been trying to eat him rather then s#@g him!!😱😱😲. We had good views of a pair of Ravens flying around the hilltop, though distant as we were at the bottom!! Also had very good views of a Stock Dove and finally got to see a Chiffchaff rather than just hear them!! Hurrah!!😂 Few pics below, the light was terrible today and the birds not very cooperative, well that's my excuse for the lack of quality and I'm sticking to it!!

Snakeshead in the Garden, got a couple this year though none of the ones I planted around the pond have appeared, Margie said they wouldn't til next year!! Only three "told you so" at time of writing!! To be fair she's often right, though don't ask her directions😂😂

Mistle Thrush singing in a tree halfway down Brighton Road

Greylag

Canada Goose

Mallard, laying low

Egyptian Geese

Dead tree needs a Vulture in it or at the very least a Red Kite, sadly lacking today

Goldfinch on wire

Robin on a wire

Roe Deer in a field

Ravens high in the sky

Kestrel, I've had to lighten these quite alot

Sparrowhawk

HPP Church

Stock Dove

Common Buzzard

Annoying the locals

Chiffchaff

Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

Saw quite a few Hoverflies today and this Peacock Butterfly!

Another long trek for not much reward, I've done 24000 steps in the last two days which is good for me average!! But wouldn't have minded a few more sightings per mile!! Hopefully have the car back next week!!!!!