Yesterday I saw a kite swooping across a field in their usual manner. A crow came across the field in flying in a straigt line and I could see that they were on a collision course. When the crow came close the kite suddenly swerved away while the crow continued on its way without any change of course. The skylarks were giving their usual chorus. Both yesterday and today I found myself walking through clouds of meadow brown butterflies along the woodland edges.
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.