December

One of the few sub-zero mornings of the winter so far:

Before sunrise the local raptors are still in their trees. Red Kites:

Common Buzzard:

A Red Kite powers towards the sunrise:

Common Buzzard and Red Kite:

Common Buzzard:

Winter wheat and Cuddesdon from the east: 

Frozen crab apple:

The recent storms have caused the River Thame to flood and, as always, water attracts birds. This morning the usual Mallard and Canada Geese were joined by a pair of Wigeon and a single Teal.

Three grey geese headed south down the Thame Valley - Greylags:

Red Kite:

There were good numbers of Fieldfares in the frozen fields this morning, about 600 in total: