It's been a quiet blog week with one thing and another, mostly the day job getting in the way clearing work before finishing for some leave. That said, there's been a few birds around that I have seen. Returning migrants are sadly absent from my list, the cold snap easterlies this week along with snow is probably the reason, and I've been reading of numbers of Woodcock around who appear to be delaying their return to their summer habitat. Not all the birds seem to be taking the cold snap to heart though, with the male House Sparrows in the garden starting to show courtship displays, and the starlings with their glossy breeding plumage. The resident peregrine in the town centre has been around almost daily, with cracking views of it on Wednesday as it chased a pigeon above the car park, matching each twist and turn of the pigeon's frantic effort to evade becoming lunch. In this instance it was the pigeon that won the day, with the peregrine deciding to discontinue the chase. Sadly the camera is always in the wrong place when I need it, so you'll just have imagine!
The weather today is brighter, although there's still a bit of wind. Hopefully tomorrow will be calmer and there may be a chance of some ringing.
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