Osprey

Pleased to be in the right place at the right time when the gulls in town went stir crazy early this afternoon.  I stepped outside to see an Osprey circling over Tesco, surprisingly low, which is a good job otherwise these phone-photos would be even worse than they already are...

Incoming!

A bit better, but frustrating not to have my camera with me at the time

Any spring Osprey is a good bird here, as they never linger, but a March one even better!  It didn't hang about and presumably had only just arrived from the south. 

I think the less I say about Hoopoes the better, however I have put in a lot of leg work this last week/ten days in an effort to finally find a Hoopoe of my own.  Not only have I failed at that, but one of the places I did check during my searches then had a Hoopoe!  Probably turned up later the same day as well as it was seen for a few days by locals. Unfortunately I wasn't able to see it when it showed to all yesterday morning, however I'm thrilled that most the other local birders got to see it. There's some cracking photos of it out there that's for sure! 

I best keep trying...