Garden year ticks...

Nothing rare in the greater scheme of things, but Painted Ladies - particularly mint-fresh ones like that which graced the front garden this afternoon - are always welcome. Carrion Crows, likewise, are not common here on the Heath, so two in our garden today was impressive, especially since they were part of a swarm of corvids that included Rooks, Jackdaws. Magpies and Jays!

Yesterday's Buzzard returned, immediately recognisable by its symmetrical moult.