Christine's walking & birds blog

Greger has a bad cold and can't go walking, so I stayed near home. This morning I paid another visit to Cliveden and sat in the picnic area overlooking the pond. Blackcaps, nuthatches, goldcrests and coal tits were all nearby; and then a firecrest came whirring round a conifer.

You'd think after yesterday's effort I would leave well alone; but I can't resist snapping away, although all I've achieved is a blurred firecrest leaving the picture.

.....and some sort of cranefly.

This afternoon I had a short walk on Dorney Common where first a hobby and then a sparrowhawk sped over. As I was leaving, a wheatear flashed across the road in front of me but I couldn't locate it on the ground and I couldn't see any yellow wagtails with the cattle.