In May 2012 I posted that I had seen a bullfinch in the garden for the first time ever. The second one appeared this afternoon! The cock bird took some fat from the feeder and then spent a long time on the ground around the feeders. The amount of greenery reminded me that everything has kept growing through the winter and I need to do a lot of weeding as soon as the ground is dry enough to walk on.
Taking my usual walk today it was striking how the autumn colours had come on in the last few days. When the sun came out I really regretted not having the camera with me. There wasn't much to see in the way of variety or numbers of birds. A couple of probable skylarks put up on a cultivated field but the gem was naturally a red kite. Circling over the fields behind my house at tree top height it finally came over my head as I reached the edge of the field. Living where I do I suppose that I should be blasé about them by now but when one comes overhead there is no choice. I still just stop and say "wow!"
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