24th April

Another little walk down the River Teme at Leintwardine in the morning was fairly quiet but a singing Redstart and 2 Snipe were new for me there; other birds included 3 Mandarin and the pair of Little Ringed Plovers.   A walk then up to the top of hill overlooking Leintwardine in the sunny conditions produced at least 10 more Redstarts including many singing males and some good views of Red Kites, Buzzards and Ravens as they cruised along the escarpment.

                The sunny conditions continued but there was a very cold, brisk northerly wind making Titterstone Clee not feel very spring like however there were at least 6 Ring Ouzels along the approach road which appeared out of nowhere with a Peregrine inches behind one of them!

 

The Ring Ouzels were always pretty close but it was really tricky getting a clear view!

This Kite had just been buzzed by another but I was obviously too slow to capture that!

Raven

Buzzards - the bottom one is on the pale side but not really notable in the great variation that Buzzards show!

Worms!