Good birds lately

We've been very fortunate to have had a couple of really good birds flying over the common in the last couple of weeks. First we had a rough legged buzzard, with its characteristic habit of hovering briefly in mid-flight. That stayed around for a couple of hours, but I suspect has moved on. And then a flock of 45 whooper swans flew over on the morning of 2nd March, making a wonderful sound. Perhaps they are gathering together to fly back to the wild north.