Atten-shun!

A chubby magpie in the park... he looked funny.

Saw 2 cormorants down by the river today (one preening, one hunting) - no herons or kingfishers though.

A rather haunting song about the magpie superstition for anyone who likes folk music:

The Unthanks - Magpie

They used it in an episode of The Detectorists and it gave me goosebumps. Thankfully there was more than one maggie present when I took this.