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Buzzards are seemingly everywhere ,for example the wife just said to me, looking out of the window at home: come and look at these two Buzzards-I did.Yesterday I saw four of them in the air at once-not uncommon ,in fact Ive seen Buzzards everyday this week.It doesnt seem that long ago that you were more likely to see a kestrel hanging the air than a soaring Buzzard,they eat rabbits ,theyre breeding like rabbits more like,not cpmplaining ,they are great to watch.Now that Red kites are breeding again in Derbyshire after hundreds of years ,can we hope tht it will become like Wales ,where Red Kites are actually common nowadays?.In the garden ysterday evening there was a tawny owl ,calling to another ,I had opend the back door having heard its call ,to see a hedgehog running away and a pipestrelle whizzing about ,earlier there had been a squirrel nibbling nuts -surprizingly uncommon in our garden at least.At Pleasley pit on a couple of recent visits ,nothing remarkable ,still some Admirals and specklled woods about ,warblers abscent.An accidentally flushed greenwood pecker crossed paths with a charm of goldfinch in bright sunlight gainst a bright blue and partially angry looking clouded sky -would have been an amazing picture had I been quick enough in pointing the camera in the appropriate direction.Ah well ,fly agaric always make a nice picture ,despite thir name they cant fly off .