Leaving the house yesterday morning I was suprised to see not red kites circling overhead but two buzzards. I do see them occasionally in my part of the chilterns but not with any regularity. Just to retain a semblence of normality however, barely more than a dot in clear sky there was also what was obviously a kite. Its curious how you learn to identify birds, it was definitely too far away to even pick out the forked tail but the whole "feel" of the bird was unmistakable.
High summer and early autumn is always a quiet time for birds in my garden. I no longer feed after my summer holiday as I have ended up throwing away far to much mouldy fat or seed. Normally I would wait until November before putting the feeders back out but a party of long tailed tits appeared in the front garden today so I think that it might be worth while trying a single fat bar for the moment. For the past couple of weeks I have seen a lot of roadside signs saying "beware of deer" in places where I wouldn't normally see them. Last weekend I decided that they might be justified when I encountered a herd of roe deer in the road between Ley Hill and Latimer. While muntjac are seen often enough the roes tend to be shy and this was only the third time that I have had a good look at some in all the years that I have lived here.
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