Early morning is the best time

Walking anywhere during early mornings, is almost always rewarding.  This morning (before sunrise) and yesterday morning I’ve seen over 20 species of birds, at least 4 species of butterfly and numerous moths and insects.

We wanted to see what time the Choughs were getting up, it turned out to be 0536.  As a great example of how nature works I was able to watch as a raven came overhead, and the jackdaw’s started alarming.  Almost immediately the choughs appeared and immediately set chase after the raven.  Later I saw them mobbing a pair of peregrines that were carving up some prey on the rocks in the distance.  However, peregrines are a greater threat, and are treated with a little more caution than the ravens.