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Its true,the sun was shining today ,in fact it was almost warm at one point . A good day then to have a stroll around the local patch ,having worked seven days in a row and going slightly mad.A bullfinch shot out of a tree and flew over my head while I was thinking that would make a nice picture .A male kestrel sat on the pit buildings chimney.A solitary redwing whoosed past A charm of goldfinch numbered about a hundred,I watched some of them drinking from a puddle.In the surrounding  fields  amongst the many lapwing were about a dozen golden plover ,they took flight while I was watching half a dozen yellowhammers feeding in a nearer field.Another kestrel had landed in a tree a few feet away from where we had been standing,when it took off a black headed gull persued him ,mobbing the kestrel relentlessly.A sparrowhawk put in an apperance,before I headed up the path known as longhedge locally ,where I stopped and watched a dunnock taking a bath in another puddle.a green wood pecker shot by , a song thrush apparently surprised to see me flew out of a bush and past me -twice.I could hear a jay ,one took flight from a tree that I didnt realise he was in ,quickly followed by another jay.The stock doves and jackdaws proved that sometimes they leave the roof of the pit building.Another green woodpecker flew by in undulating flight.From the hide I was admiring some teal and could see movement in the reeds behind one of them ,snipe? looked more like jack snipe ,too small for snipe ,watched it preen breifly ,partially obscured by the reeds ,the beak too looked too short for snipe,before I could decide for certain ,it dissapeared into the reed bed.