Wet Wolstonbury!

 With bright sunshine when we left the house and the BBC weather App showing wall to wall sunshine we headed to Wolstonbury Hill, where of course it p#ssed down pretty much the whole time we were there!😂 Of course as a hardcore birder this was no problem for me😌😂, Margie wasn't impressed and went home halfway through!! Birding wise it wasn't too bad, when we ducked out from under the tree we was hiding under.😂 The bushes were busy, best was a Spotted Flycatcher, couple of Bullfinches, couple of Blackcaps, a lot of Chiffchaffs and a big flock of Goldfinches. We also saw a Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel hunting the hill and a Raven seeing off a Buzzard. It felt like there was something mega in the scrub, which is why I stuck it out, but it didn't happen!!😂😢 A few pics below, the quality dictated by the gloomy weather.

Margie's picture of the last bit of Blue Sky we saw

The clouds moving in

Spotted Flycatcher

Raven vs Buzzard

A massive Raven easily bigger than the Buzzard

One of the Kestrels

Green Woodpecker a long way away!

Jay, couple seen

Stock Dove with HPP Church behind

Spotted Flycatcher possibly a different bird to the other one

Blackcap

Kestrel hiding from the rain

Chiffchaff

Another bedraggled Kestrel

Chiffchaff

Picture of the habitat by Margie

Clayton Windmills, we had thought about going there and the weather looked a lot better

So gloomy, by Margie

A picture of an Alpaca taken by Margie on the way home, apparently the Alpaca said it was just as wet and annoyed as Margie was. I bought her a bunch of flowers too say sorry later!!

Autumnal Colours by Margie

Spectacular Weeping Willow by Margie

Lurking Buzzard

Sure sign of Autumn, Jay with an Acorn

Not a bad morning, though probably about an hours birding with 3 hours lurking under trees!! Been a few good bits in the garden lately with an Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar, a new small Frog and a spectacular Hornet Mimic Hoverfly which unfortunately I couldn't get a pic off. We also had two fledgling Goldfinch being fed by their parents a very late brood

Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar

Frog

Goldfinch feeding young-uns!