Tuesday 4th September

There was an autumn chill in the air this morning, but also a bright blue sky, warm sunshine and little wind. The far Brecons were visible from the Peregrine Watch - the air was very clear. A rising tide, with gulls on the mud, two Cormorants flapped their separate ways downstream, one very low over the water, so that its wings nearly hit the river surface. I tried to follow him with glasses as he came round the bend in the river beyond the trees, but was surprised as a Buzzard (or was it two) suddenly rose above the tree-line. The bird disappeared as quickly as it appeared.