Thirsty

After about a month without any decent amount of rain, it's noticeable how the birds are frequenting one of our water features for a drink. Pairs of Blue Tits, Great Tits and Greenfinches are continually quenching their thirst there.

A pair of Glossy Ibises have been showing up along the south coast, including the Breech Pool at Pagham (Source: SOS). I saw a couple of large black birds in the distance flying over Nyetimber yesterday, normally I would have put them down as Cormorants, but it did strike me that their flight was different, more ragged and less direct than I'd associate with Cormorants. Maybe....