Nature post of the day 20-4-16 Buzzard

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These nature posts are keeping me busy; I have plenty to write about but not enough time for everything so it’s a struggle to keep up! In fact I am behind already. It’s funny how different things are more noticeable on different days. After woodpeckers and wrens the last couple of days, today’s most significant bird activity came from buzzards. Walking in the same woodland I was suddenly surprised when an enormous bird took off from the lower branches of a tree quite close by and flew a little way through the woods before finding another perch. Later on I could hear them calling from above; they make a sort of ‘mew’ that you can often hear even when you can’t see them because they are flying so high above. When I emerged into open fields I could still hear the calls, and eventually I did manage to spot one bird way up high in the sky, which was shortly joined by another and the two of them circled around up there in the sunshine. I haven’t managed a picture, but again you can read about buzzards here: All rights reserved. © copyright Fleur 2016.