Monday 9th July - No trains...

 ..... were running this morning on arriving at the station - I actually didn't get as far as the station as the hoards of commuters heading back to their cars was enough with ' no trains -  they don't know when they'll be back on'. So back at home and having got connected sufficiently to see work out from back at base, I stood outside the back door about 8.30 and saw a bird of prey drifting over the houses to my left, I ran back inside and grabbed bins and camera and sure enough it was a Honey Buzzard again.  It circled off to the north pretty much over the village. It was still fairly distant, the camera wouldn't autofocus so I had to stick it in manual mode, the record shots below are just that,  the profile being the main distinctive feature, gliding on flat wings which are longer than Common Buzzard with a longer tail and protruding head a bit like a Cuckoo.

Honey Buzzard - heavily barred underneath.

distant and heavily cropped picture - Bars on tail just visible

I'm assuming it was the same bird I saw last week.

Sparrowhawk caught a Blackbird in the garden

Sparrowhawk having lunch

Young Robin - quite afew young birds around at the moment.