It's time again for a walk in the big wide outdoors with my Sony FE 200mm - 600mm lens. It was freezing today; there was a beautiful clear sky for most of the time, but with the wind, I needed my gloves and a warm drink when I got in.
First on our tour is a Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus), not the prettiest bird in our trees, but it is still good to see wildlife. Some people think these are government surveillance drones, but I'm not so sure.
"A Woodpigeon sits in a tree": Photographer: 
Next, I found the perennial Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) doing a silly walk along the roof of a house. The spikes mean nothing to these birds. They walk past them.
"A Herring Gull struts along a rooftop": Photographer:
I couldn't find any more wildlife for a bit, so I sat down and spotted some pine cones; I suspect these may be Monterey Pine as the needles and the cones match some pictures I found on my phone, but I'm not entirely sure. If you do know, let me know in the comments.
"Pine cones in a tree": Photographer:
I finally spotted why there were no birds; there was a cat sunning itself in the undergrowth; interestingly, this can have feline complete heterochromia - that is, one blue and one green eye, not something you see that often.
"A white cat with one blue eye and one green eye sits in the undergrowth": Photographer:
A [Blackbird (Turdus merula)]https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/blackbird) did pop down to the ground to hunt for food carefully - didn't stay long and was very easily spooked.
"A blackbird looking for food": Photographer:
Up in the trees, I did manage to spot a young (based upon its undeveloped plumage) Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) keeping out of reach of predators.
"A young blue tit sits in a tree": Photographer:
In total, I was out for about 45 minutes and took about 200 shots and covered about 0.7km; I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed my walk.
