Aerial display

Back again after a bit of an absence.  I have had to put up with a tear in the retina in my right eye and the last few days have been spent getting a day to be zapped by a laser.  Should be OK now.

Today the skies above our house have been akin to the Battle of Britain.  Not planes but displaying birds.  First of all up to 6 Buzzards coming together and making a tremendous racket some of the males getting up high, and doing their dive-bombing display.

A couple of Red Kites appeared and made a more leisurely contribution before a Raven turned up to give the most demonstrative display of all.  He rolled and twisted in the sky all the time uttering his harsh cries.

I also heard today that an Eagle Owl has been taking chickens in a village nearby.  At least two years ago I heard a male calling in our village.  Maybe we have a breeding pair somewhere in Carmarthenshire.