Any birdwatchers out there?

[Alcibiades]

I’m also not actually a birdwatcher, but I like to keep an eye out for avian life. There are a surprising number of birds of prey around in my suburban London setting - mostly red kites, buzzards and sparrowhawks, I believe, maybe the occasional peregrine falcon. When I see them, they’re usually circling a way overhead, but recently I had a rather surreal experience with one sitting perfectly calmly on a telephone line only a few metres above me as I walked along a quiet street. I also one saw one catch a pigeon on another quiet residential street. A frequent, beautiful visitor to my garden are jays, as well as a pair of blackbirds which I think are building a nest. I also see the odd heron at local ponds.