The Vigilance of a Crow

The composite photograph above provides a record of my wander around the back garden this morning with a Nikon 4500.

From left-to-right are Bird's-foot trefoil, Selfheal, Tormentil, Salad Burnet flower, Light Emerald pupa, damaged Speckled Wood butterfly, unidentified hoverfly, probable Epiphas postvitana caterpillar on Agrimony, Enchanter's Nightshade and Mullein flowers.

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Meanwhile all hell is let loose when Ziggy the cat ventures into the front garden. A not-yet-fledged Carrion Crow appears to have fallen from its nest and is now resident in a territory of four gardens, associated driveways and the pavements inbetween.

Both parents make an enormous racket and dive-bomb the unfortunate cat if he goes within 50 yards of their flightless offspring.

My next-door neighbour is providing water and egg-based foods for the youngster whose gait has developed over the last few days from an initial stagger, stagger, flop-onto-face to the now confident jaunty swagger.