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It was a beautiful sunny day and there were lots of photographers in the park this afternoon but we all decided that it was not going to be our day (no kingfishers, no grey herons, no dippers, no grey wagtails). And then just as I was heading home I caught sight of a beautiful sparrowhawk in Fishponds Brook. It was quite happy to provide me with full and side profiles and I was quite happy to snap away.

The best of the rest were a long-tailed tit and a pied wagtail.

Long-tailed tit

Pied wagtail

Blackbird

The black-headed gull has got its black head back