Where I live..... Devon. Sat on the side of the valley looking out over this tranquil scene, the epitome of English countryside. Need I say more.
You can always tell which ones of my photos are not my "strongest". If I put a frame round a picture it usually means that you dont want to look too closely! I have posted this one because it tells a story. In a freshly tilled field I have been noticing these last few days, that a Buzzard was sat in the middle of the field amongst the Rooks. Firstly it was a shame to see that the farmer had shot two Rooks and then suspended them from frames to flap in the wind, a throw back to days gone by when this kind of cruelty was acceptable. I am not sure of the legality of this practice but would suspect that there is an "open licence" which allows a land owner to shoot birds that are causing damage to his crops. But it wasn't working because I did a rough count of the rooks in the filed and it was over 50, in other words the efforts of the farmer to keep the rooks off his field by shooting flock members doesn't work.
Amongst the rooks was a Buzzard, it was running around like a chicken, obviously feeding on worms which I have seen them do before. I took some shots from the car but they were not good enough so in the end I stepped outside and then of course off flew the Buzzard and thats what you can see in the photo
Today at the spot where I had seen and photographed Tree Pipit yesterday and Wednesday, weirdly there wasn't even a sign of a bird and if that wasn't enough, no Willow Warblers either. I am putting this down to the wind conditions which was strong and from the north which has obviously put the birds off their breeding for the time being.
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