Kestrel and a misty day

Well it was a very misty start to the day and also a very foggy one at the end, but lots of sunshine at times.

I had a spare hour this morning before I did the school run for my youngest grand daughter (Rosie), so I popped down Stonechats lane but was hard to see much in the strong sunlight as you can see here.

So I just walked up and down the lane hoping to see something on the Spennells side, I did stalk a kestrel, not easy to get shots due to the light, but I think they are just about acceptable.

He caught me unawares on the last one, I was zoomed in too close, never mind I enjoyed watching him.

I did get another crafty hour after I fetched Rosie and spent most of this time looking round the Dead man's allotment in search of the stonechats, I wasn't disappointed as they were showing well, pity they didn't come a little closer, but I enjoyed viewing them.

There were a few other small birds on the patch, but wasn't sure of their ID as they were flying overhead. Would loved to have stayed longer but had promised I wouldn't be long away.

Lunch, cup of tea and then watched Snow White with Rosie before I popped off to Stourbridge to fetch Martha, lovely setting sun over the mist at Hurcott on the way home so a quick stop for a few pics with my phone (Samsung S5), quite pleased with the results and the BBC must have liked this one as they used it on the weather this evening.