After a lot of blustery weather and few chances to pay attention to the birds March finally went out "like a lamb". On the drive to the station today I encountered a partridge taking a leasurely stroll across the road and had a nice view of a kestral on the way home. In the garden the leaves are about to break on the quince trees. Hopefully I will have a little more time and opportunity to look at what is around me during April.
Once upon a time you could find me birding on the Thames marshes almost every weekend through the winter. For various reasons I am now seldom able to travel to good birding sites. I am lucky, however, to live in the beautiful Chiltern Hills and this blog is to document the birds that I see on my own patch.