Birds on a wire.

There are lots of birds around here, especially at the moment as it's breeding season  and they haven't yet left for their warmer winter homes.   Some we hear rather than see, such as the Hoopoo,  some we hear and see flying about such as the Golden Oriole - such a lovely song.  And then there are the Swallows and Bee-eaters which are always flying and swooping around in the valley behind the house.  They land on the phone line which runs up from Yator to Connie and Micha's cortijo  and from the comfort of my sunbed by the pool, I took these pictures yesterday afternoon.

We were given a copy of this book about 5 years ago by some walkers who stopped for a chat and happened to have a spare book, then we were given an updated version more recently.  We refer to it quite often to identify birds that we've seen  although we usually need a good photo to check colours and markings to make sure.