Lovely!

Mine wasn't alone on 12/04, though it usually is. I give it some dog food too a couple of times a week. 🧡 🦊

A juvenile male Perrine Falcon in flight.

Sutton Peregrines. The juvenile male this morning. Photo taken using quite high digital zoom, and slightly sharpened up, but not cropped. #londonbirds

A Fox sitting on grass in a garden, with various other vegetation in the background.

A Fox sitting on grass in a garden, and having a scratch. There is various other vegetation in the background.

Garden wildlife. My regular visiting Fox this morning. #londonwildlife #FoxOfTheDay

A blossoming Apple tree in a garden, with a garden shed in the foreground.

A blossoming Apple tree in a garden.

A blossoming Apple tree in a garden.

My Apple Tree (Discovery) is looking good, and there's the lovely sound of many pollinating Bees when you get near to it! My garden definitely benefits from being completely natural, with no pesticides/herbicides or other chemicals having been used here for a very long time.

Garden wildflowers. Forget-Me-Nots with Dandelions, some other small blue flowers, possibly Speedwell, but I'm not sure, and also with Dandelions, the last of the Lesser Celandines, and finally some Bluebells, though probably not the native UK ones.

Trail hunting is a smokescreen.

It has been used time and again to mask the continued chasing and killing of wild animals. The law was meant to protect them, but loopholes are still being exploited.

The government is consulting on the future of hunting laws. Respond: https://leagueacs.co.uk/IKMI9

A juvenile male Peregrine Falcon in flight.

A juvenile male Peregrine Falcon in flight.

A male Peregrine Falcon perched on the top of an office block.

Sutton Peregrines. The juvenile male cruising around this morning, and the adult male perched on the south east corner of the lift block, back on guard duty having just fairly aggressively chased off a Carrion Crow that came too close! #londonbirds

A Red Kite in a blue sky.

A Red Kite in a blue sky.

Local birding. A high flying Red Kite seen over Quadrant House, Sutton, this morning. Too high for the resident Peregrines to respond. #londonbirds

A male Peregrine Falcon sitting on his four eggs (out of view) in a nest box on the top of an office building.

A female Peregrine Falcon sitting on her four eggs (out of view) in a nest box on the top of an office building.

A female Peregrine Falcon sitting on her four eggs (out of view) in a nest box on the top of an office building. She has her beak open as she is likely alarm calling due to the proximity of another/intruding Peregrine.

An incubation changeover between two Peregrine Falcons in a nest box on the top of an office building. The female is leaving the box and the male is about to go into it. Their four eggs can be seen.

Morden Peregrines. We're now two weeks into incubation, and all is going well. Today, the male did about 6 hours in 3 shifts. The third image shows the female reacting to a likely intruder. She'd only just gone on the eggs, then came off them and went quite quickly. #londonbirds

Garden wildlife. My first Zilla diodia of the year - its web is in my side gate. @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

A rescued Feral Pigeon in a cardboard box.

A rescued Feral Pigeon in a hutch at a rehabbers' house.

I was walking home through the alley by St. Nicholas Church, Sutton, when a guy stopped me and asked if I knew what to do with an injured bird. This Feral Pigeon was apparently unable to fly but otherwise seemed okay. Took it home in a carrier bag, then later to a local rehabber.

3/3. and Male to Female. The juvenile can be seen flying off from the rail too.

2/3. Juvenile to male,

Sutton Peregrines. 1/3. We're now 2 weeks into incubation and it seems to be going okay. The juvenile has continued to be very keen on incubating, and usually ends up doing several shifts totalling most days of around 5hrs. Here are 3 of the 14 changeovers from today, Female to Juvenile,

A Jackdaw feeding on a garden bird feeder. There is also a caged feeder and tree branches/vegetation in the photo.

A Jackdaw feeding on a garden bird feeder. It has one of the suet pellets in its beak. There is also a caged feeder and tree branches/vegetation in the photo.

A Jackdaw perched on a branch. There is also a bird feeder and tree branches/vegetation in the photo.

A Jackdaw perched on a branch. There is also a bird feeder and tree branches/vegetation in the photo.

Garden birding. I used to see a pair of Jackdaws visiting my bird feeders most days, but I've not seen them for a while. So, it was good to see this one today. #londonbirds

Two Stock Doves perched in a tree.

Two Stock Doves perched in a tree, and with their wings open.

Two Stock Doves perched in a tree, one with it's wings partly open.

A Stock Dove perched in a tree.

Local birding. Pretty sure these were a couple of possibly young Stock Doves in trees by the side of the Sutton Station car park yesterday morning. If so, it's the first time I've seen one here. #londonbirds

GB hectad distribution map for Argiope bruennichi from the new SRS Atlas

GB hectad distribution map for Erigone welchi from the new SRS Atlas

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A Collared Dove perched on a branch in a tree. Its chest is puffed up as it's singing.

A Collared Dove perched on a branch in a tree. Its chest is puffed up as it's singing.

A Dunnock perched on a branch in a tree. Its beak is open up as it's singing.

A Dunnock perched on a branch in a tree. Its beak is open up as it's singing.

3/3. And there was also a very vocal Collared Dove, and a singing Dunnock! #londonbirds

A Chiffchaff perched on a branch in a tree. It's towards the top of the image in the centre.

A Chiffchaff perched on a branch in a tree. It's open beak can be seen here - it's singing!

A Chiffchaff perched on a branch in a tree.

A Chiffchaff perched on a branch in a tree. It's towards the top of the image.

2/3. Then the Chiffchaff.

A Blackcap perched on a branch, and singing.

A Blackcap perched on a branch, and singing.

A Blackcap perched on a branch.

A Blackcap perched on a branch, and singing.

Local Birding. 1/3. Both Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing and showing at West Sutton station this morning. First the Blackcap.

A Fox sitting in my garden. There is a Japanese Maple (Acer) in front of it, and behind it grass with various other plants including Forget-Me-Nots, Dandelions and Iris. Photo taken by phone through the living room window.

Garden wildlife. I'm trying to not let the Foxes that visit become too tame for their own safety, but this one is making that very difficult! #londonwildlife #FoxOfTheDay

A small plastic pot with a spider egg sac where tiny spiderlings are hatching, and 5 of the spiderlings in and around the pot.

A spider egg sac where tiny spiderlings are hatching.

A newly hatched spiderling.

A newly hatched spiderling.

Garden wildlife. A short while ago I removed a spider egg sac from a neighbour's recycling bin where it would not have survived. I kept it in a small pot in my garage, and on Saturday some had hatched (all now released). Possibly Megalepthyphantes sp.- not sure. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Two Foxes curled up on the grass with a low brick wall, birdbath, and various vegetation including Yew, Laurel and some Bluebells in the background.

Two Foxes curled up/laying on the grass with a birdbath, and various vegetation including Laurel and some Bluebells in the background.

A Fox curled up on the grass, with various vegetation including Laurel and some Bluebells in the background.

A Fox laying on the grass, with various vegetation including Laurel in the background.

Garden wildlife. Two lovely Foxes in the garden this morning, enjoying the sun while it lasted! #londonwildlife #FoxOfTheDay

A Fox having a scratch, though it's using its left rear leg so out of view here. There is a low brick wall and various vegetation, including Lesser Celandines and Bluebells.

A Fox having a scratch, though it's using its left rear leg so out of view here. There is a low brick wall and various vegetation, including Lesser Celandines and Bluebells.

A Fox yawning. There is a low brick wall and various vegetation, including Lesser Celandines and Bluebells.

A Fox amongst some Bluebells. It can just about be seen to be drinking from a birdbath.

Garden wildlife. A lovely Fox having a scratch, a yawn and a drink from one of the bird baths this morning. #londonwildlife #FoxOfTheDay

A male Peregrine Falcon in a nest box on the roof of an office building. Two Feral Pigeons are fighting on the tracking/cables to the right.

A male Peregrine Falcon in a nest box on the roof of an office building. Two Feral Pigeons are fighting on the tracking/cables to the right.

A male Peregrine Falcon in a nest box on the roof of an office building. Two Feral Pigeons are fighting on the tracking/cables to the right.

A male Peregrine Falcon in a nest box on the roof of an office building. Two Feral Pigeons are fighting behind the box to the right.

Morden Peregrines. While the male was incubating this morning he was treated to the spectacle of a couple of Feral Pigeons having a fairly full on fight that lasted over 10 minutes. Probably lucky for them that the female didn't return at that point!

A female Peregrine Falcon with her eggs in a nest box on the roof of an office building. The male is on the roof of the box, on his way to take over incubation of the eggs.

A female Peregrine Falcon with her four eggs in a nest box on the roof of an office building. The male is in front of her on the metal tracking/cables, on his way to take over incubation of the eggs.

A male Peregrine Falcon incubating his eggs in a nest box on the roof of an office building. He's distracted by a couple of Feral Pigeons on the roof of the box.

A female Peregrine Falcon incubating her eggs in a nest box on the roof of an office building. She's distracted by a couple of Feral Pigeons on the metal tracking/cables in front of her - I don't think she can see the third Pigeon on the cable behind the box, though she'll know its there.

Morden Peregrines. We're now a week into incubation, and the new male is behaving exactly as you'd hope. He's done about 4h 50m today (screenshots of him starting one of them here), in 2 shifts (plus one of only 10mins). And they often have visitors to brighten their day - these from yesterday.

3/3. Adult female reclaiming her eggs from the juvenile.

2/3. Juvenile male pushing his mother off the eggs.

Sutton Peregrines. 1/3. There was another change last night in that the juvenile male sat on the eggs for about 20 mins, having evicted his father. His mother then moved him off. He's been on them again for a short while today, moving his mother off at one point. Interesting times.