It’s not often that you can just drive up to somewhere, get out of the car and a pair of Ravens, Common Buzzard and a Ring Ouzel are right in front of you, however this was the case recently.
Ravens were once pretty hard to see around our local area, they are obviously not the rarity locally as they once used to be, Rainham RSPB is now a pretty reliable site for them, they are spreading there range which is great to see.
As above on exiting the car the first bird seen was the male Ring Ouzel, even at distance unmistakable with that white crescent on its chest, always a pleasure to see one. The last one I saw was the bird at Beckton Sewage Works a few autumn’s back.
As I got a couple of photos at the same time I could hear the cronking of a Raven, initially one on the ground with a Crow for comparison and then 2 in the air mobbing a Common Buzzard.
A bit distant but close enough for the Rouzel to disappear, I watched the 3 of them, up against the Crow and then the Buzzard; you can see just how big a Raven is.
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