Corse, Gupton, those Stock doves...

A glorious morning on the Corse, skylarks singing, ravens courting....

There are 90 stock doves in that flock (see my Sunday post and 5 December). I counted the flock from flight photo, some of them settled on wires, the rest on the ground. 

The 3CY♀ marsh harrier was quartering the reedbed, and a female sparrowhawk settled obligingly on a fence post. She has a prominent white patch on the back of her head. 

4 ravens, 2 chough, masses of singing skylarks, 1 Cetti's, ducks and snipe as last week.