On Thursday (25th) there were a couple of Lapwings by the beck, first I’ve seen for months and today a posse of Redwings streamed from Hawthorn to Hawthorn, in fact it seems ages since there’s been much around – apart from the Heron and Crows – with all this terrible wind and rain.
Really feels like Spring here, so I hope the Lapwing don’t get a nasty shock.

Pretty poor photo (for some reason my digital camera wouldn’t focus) but I snapped a retreating helicopter with PDG on the side (I Googled them). Couldn’t see the big camera hung from it, but it was hovering just over my garden hedge, in the field, REALLY close and nearly on the deck! To my knowledge, I haven’t made an appearance on local TV, yet…
