This morning rain was coming down in sheets when I got up , but there was still a little chorus of calling blackbirds, robins and wrens.
I love the sight of a male blackbird performing it's "dash" flight from the hedge to the woods or vice versa, trying to cover the open ground as fast as possible.
Then 2 pairs of crows ,a pair of pheasants , a song thrush and 9 wood pigeons appeared in the field.
"Bird of the day" however so far was
Rusty the Cockerel wildly running down the drive in front of Mrs B's car, too stupid to run to one side: he ran right out onto the road but luckily turned tail and fled back up the drive without causing an accident!
All his hens were in a panic and to add to the kerfuffle a hen pheasant came zooming in over the hedge and landed among them.
Way too much excitement for one morning!
