Sunday February 11th

I was up at Sea Walls at 12.15. No sign of the oyster catchers on the mud. Over at the peregrine watch there was a strong wind coming up the river. I saw a couple of buzzards back over by Sea Walls, they seem to like the little valley where the shrub has been cleared. How do you tell the male and the female buzzard apart - the female is larger. I could not see a difference, but in any case it was difficult to get the two into view at the same time, especially when one of the buzzards was being attached by a crow. The buzzard got fed up with this and eventually chased the crow down towards the valley, when I lost sight of them both.