What have you seen

Well they do harry buzzards and kites are all wing and no substance by comparison 

Helen, they harry them simply because they see them as a threat. The same with almost every bird of prey they come across. Very occasionally they'll get too close or make the Buzzard turn on them but most times they achieve their aim of "scaring"them away.

At the moment are local rooks are very protective of their nests and will take off after any approaching buzzards, all very territorial.

I had a close encounter with a Sparrow Hawk yesterday. Just as I turned the corner of a lane it was perched in a bush directly in front of me, eying up some feeders in a garden over the lane.

I don't know who was more surprised, me or the Hawk and after spotting me it soon made a hasty retreat into the copse.

We had one take a goldfinch off our niger feeder 😱. I was not pleased.

Our little owls are back, their usual spot, just down Jinny Lane. Fingers crossed for them to have a successful breeding season this summer.

Whilst at our storage site this morning about 40/50 redwings flew across chattering away.  They continued eastward out to sea.  Guess they are heading to their breeding grounds.

Interesting being outside in the garden today, spotted a pair of greenfinches (we haven't seen any for several months) and a whitethroat. Also noticed a Bluetit trying to pull off tufts from a tennis ball, surprising what goes into their nests. Must remember to put out the hair collected in the the dog brush. 

Agreed Brue.

We had to stay home today waiting for a delivery. All our usual visitors have now paired up, including the  female Blackcap. The feeders were visited all day by pairs. Dunnocks, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Blackbirds, Bluetits, Long tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Robins, Collared Doves, Magpie,

The Bluetits appear to be setting up home in one of our nest boxes for the first time since they were put up 2 years ago and as you said previously, we have Greenfinches for the first time in years. 

I love the nest box picture, the others are excellent too. 

Great pictures, BM,  I like the nest box one too.