The Morava today produced a bumper crop of birds of prey: some of the fields were being mown, and an impressive variety of predators spotted their chance. The imperial eagle stayed frustratingly high:
while the red kites and kestrels were much more cooperative:
A flock of storks also enjoyed the feast, following the tractor and picking off some goodies.
Our pair have not been dining on the most glamorous of meals:
but the chicks are growing fast: compare the beak length with a few days earlier:
The parents feed and guard in quite rapid rotation, changing over at least every hour or so:
And this never gets old:
The herons are increasingly in evidence:
And the little guys also deserve some attention. A song thrush doing exactly what it should:
A piece of abstract art: 
which gradually unfolds into a yellowhammer:
And as for him: 
Wonderful thrush, and amazing yellow hammer!