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All within the same hour or so of the dog walk I'd seen loads of Buzzards, a pair of Kestrels, a Spotted Flycatcher, and had witnessed an amazing aerial display. I even saw a Kingfisher for the first time in my life! (It wasn't neatly sitting on a post conveniently posing for photos though, as I imagined it would be after seeing all the gorgeous captures on Flickr. It was bombing down the length of the river like a speeding bullet! I only know it was a Kingfisher because the blur was an incredibly bright blue colour).
All I need now, I thought, is a really good detailed close-up. I was walking round the edge of a field, under the shade of the surrounding trees, and stopped under one to play ball with my poor patient dogs. On the first throw I heard a flap of wings above me. I looked up, thinking I'd disturbed a pigeon - and there was this Buzzard, hardly 20 foot above my head!
The big blue d20 is almost the size of a softball!
My friends and I have a tabletop gaming (rpgs, war games, board games) podcast up on our website. Check it out and tell me what you think. Underdiscussion: The Undergopher podcast!