Alpine Swift at Crawley

Arrived to see the Alpine Swift warm up just as
it dropped off the V A building and head east 10 seconds
in view when it came off the roost.

salt marks on building

 Alpine swift

Alpine Swift in Crawley

Today Alastair Gray
found an Alpine Swift this morning. So I went looking
this afternoon and watched it at the Virgin Atlantic building
in manor royal Industrial estate.

 Alpine Swift

Garden Goldcrest

Friday as l looked out the window
l saw a little Goldcrest on my Xmas tree
in the front of my house.

 Goldcrest

Burgh

Sunday afternoon walk

At 3pm I started my walk to the dew pond
at the Burgh seeing Red-legged and Grey partridge
first yellowhammers in the bushes.
A Peregrine went past kestrel with common Buzzards
in the distance 2 Red Kite one close but low over fields
11 Corn Bunting in the same bush at dew pond area.
Then wind got up and Rain set in back to the car and home.

male yellowhammer

 Red-legged Partridge

 Peregrine

 Buzzard

 Corn bunting

 Red Kite