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Storm Ciara

I was away from home during the storm so spent Sunday worrying about my garden fence. Coming home on Monday the train was crawling up to the junction after Moor Park when I realised that a parakeet was flying along with us. The weather had turned clear and bright and with the very low relative velocity I could see the bright green plumage clearly. This was definitely the best view that I have yet had of a parakeet, normally I see little more than a silluette, and the first that I have actually seen, rather than just heard, outside of the build up area of London.

When I got home the fence was intact although with a disturbing amount of play in one of the posts. The big surprise was that the sunflower heart feeder was missing. I thought that it had just blown off but it was nowhere to be found and I suspect that it had been stolen by a squirrel. I have observed one carrying off a feeder before.
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