More Birds

Day two of the Great Siskin Invasion - yes, they're still here, and eating us out of house and home . . . and it's wonderful! But Ann and I have been out and about today too, watching pochard, goosander, teal, lapwings and oystercatchers (among others) at Llyn Coed y Dinas, and later, walking along the canal towpath, long-tailed tits, heron and buzzard (being mobbed by crows). Later still, we saw a red kite over the Powys showground just outside the town, and watched a raven circling lazily (in almost a buzzard style) over farmland out towards Frochas. Great and blue tits, blackbirds, robins and chaffinches were all singing well, celandines are beginning to get serious, and hazel and alder catkins are making the most of today's breeze. Another mild day, and though there's room for more winter yet, it's a wonderfully spring-like world around us here just now, and a real sense of everything beginning to re-awaken!