After a slow start, involving a long watch where I saw pretty much sod all, Barras began to turn up the goods today. At least 3 more pairs, at various stages, were found, amongst  other things. First up was the Quail,  which  ( according to Dave,  I didn't hear it cos I was elsewhere) sang heartily for about half an hour. Next up was a Short eared  owl (also a Dave only bird). Having been ever present last year, this is surprisingly the first time either of us have seen it this year, so were both hoping that its still around, but just keeping a low profile.
   Bird of the day though went to an Osprey, that drifted reet over my head, in a westerly direction. This was a Barras tick for us both ( a quick phone call and some garbled directions managed to get dave onto the bird) and was vindication for our countless “our best chance of a good bird will be a flyover raptor” conversations.
     But lets be honest. We were both really hoping for a Honey buzzard!