One For The Vine - Genesis

The weather picture was more interesting today than the birds, with bright sunshine throughout and only wisps of high cirrus cloud adding some contrast to an otherwise azure blue sky. The overnight wind speed had also moderated which, coupled with a noticeable fall in temperature, it was a lovely crisp day.

I did manage to cover most of the areas close at hand, but only came up with a handful of more common bird species making for more of a pictorial today,

male Blackbird

Dunnock

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Grey Heron

Gadwall

Collared Dove

Great Black-backed Gull

Stonechat

Skylark

Redwing

Fulmar

Peregrine

and finally, it's GREAT to see our friend Stephen Williams making the financial pages of the broadsheets last week-end.

Apologies for this being a little disjointed but size and shape of the cutting wasn't exactly of the best for scanning - but guess you'll get the gist! Right Click on the image to expand.

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