Ihave had a helpful bird query from Celia in Toledo Province. She wonders if the birds I saw circling really were Storks (Sky Photo). Well I am now unsure, but their wings had the black and white stripes I would have expected to see and secondly their nests, on high structures, have been abandoned, making homes for many smaller birds, however I am basically still unsure and she has sowed the seed of doubt. However, I was delighted with her suggestion that they might have been migrating Cranes because I have been seeing 2 types of birds that I can't identify and I think she has solved half my problem. The large grey birds I have been seeing only on the ground are most probably Cranes. (Ground photo). There is another, very camera shy, bird which I keep seeing, now don't laugh but it's back section looks like an Oyster Catcher. OK I know, I know! I have not got it in profile yet but I imagine I would have seen the beak. Any help on this bird, open grass, black and white, wings forward and high, would be appreciated.
