It's the little things that count...

Like the little egret that happened to fly past our back garden this morning at the exact same moment as I was having a wee on the compost heap (apparently it's good for the composting process... I saw it on Gardener's World... well, not the actual weeing bit, but you know what I mean).

 

Here's one I prepared earlier....

30 seconds either way and I'd have missed it. Just goes to show... you should never fight the call of nature.

Only my second little egret on patch... they're tricky enough up here... to take me to 103.03%. So, still in 4th place, but achingly close to a podium place again.

All to play for!

Hammer Time comes early

Never mind yer fancy dan snowy owls and marsh hawks - its back to reality patch listing with a fine yellowhammer in the garden - whoop! Garden tick no less, and a tricky bird at Galley - there's usually two or three in a year, but they ain't guaranteed so well happy with my lot this morning!

Sparrowhawk during lunch too - the loooooooooong winter drought period is hopefully over at last!