I spent some time in Devon for the first time in 6 years last weekend. I was very struck by the number of buzzards that we saw along the A303 / A30. I saw the first just as we crossed from Wiltshire into Somerset and after that they were a regular feature. We stayed in Whimple and, between games, the cricket pitch attracted swallows, skimming dangerously close to the ground and a number of pied wagtails including a juvenile. At one point I saw a wagtail take to the air and drive off one of the swallows.
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.