I saw a dark shape today plummeting toward the earth, a bird in a full on dive, wings tucked in, on a mission it could only be a raptor and we all now who dives like this, I had my bins ready trying to focus on it as it perhaps made a kill, but something was amiss,
as it slowly came out of its dive the black primary feathers looked dark next to the two blooming massive wingbars and pink chest of a dam Woodpigeon, I swear, it laughed as it bounced across the field with a hop skip and a jump.....
Hello My wife and I spotted an unusual bird picking up seed one morning last week, from underneath a feeder in our garden in Denton (near the reservoirs). It was about the size and similar in shape to a robin. It had a brown crown and back, a yellow throat and shoulders and a white breast, wings and tail. I wonder if anyone knows what the bird was?
It's also been a good year for bullfinches in our garden, one of the best since we moved here about 15 years ago. We've had quite a few sightings, and greenfinches also seem much more common this year.
