A Skylark singing against a cold grey sky.

A windswept Kestrel

I wonder if it's the same bird that passed my house on the 6th, and perhaps later that day seen in Cumbria?

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A pair of Magpies watching the sunrise from the roof ridge.

Yes, & Robin, Dunnock, Rook.

3 Lesser black-backed Gulls overhead to Skylark accompaniment.

Jackdaw heard, Robin seen.

A singing Greenfinch - and later with his mate!

A vocal Heron calling as it headed back to the heronry behind my house.

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A circling Kestrel while Skylarks sang.

A Blackbird.

We missed them!

What a beautiful place! Have you been to Campione? I've just been reading about the fascinating enclave just across the lake from you.

Black Redstart?

Great Tit

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Great, thanks, Ian. It was very small.

Collared Dove

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Is this a Furrow Bee sp.? Can it be identified?
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A pair of House Martins, new for the year here! Yay!

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Wow! A Herring Gull with a passport - the new EU laws really kicking in!

A Sparrowhawk surfing the sea-foam sky.

Simultaneous serenade from Linnet & Blackcap.
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A Willow Warbler silhouetted in the Magic Tree, briefly.

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