On Thursday I had to pick up my beleaguered car from Pulborough after it had spent two weeks in the garage, so I worked at home rather than travel to London. Just after lunchtime I noticed a bird on the fence at the back of the garden, found the bins and to my amazement it was a Kingfisher !!! It dived into the pond, obviously caught something and sat for a few moments on the side just out of view then flew low and purposely directly towards the house veering away at the last minute and ... gone. Incredible and despite building a pond where I have joked about it attracting flocks of seabirds, ducks, waders etc, I never envisaged that I'd be visited by a Kingfisher, so a new bird for the garden list.
Having returned from Blackdown earlier I noticed a Red Kite drift past, It's been several months since I'd seen one, then I heard a bird calling , it was obviously flying over and eventually I picked it up heading south, a Woodlark !! - Again a new bird for the garden list., 2 in a week is not only unusual having been here 5 years but also good birds , the list is now up to 85.
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