Buzzards spread their wings in Ireland

THERE is still quite a bit of tillage farming around where I live, mostly winter cereals.

Because of the bad summer weather the harvest was late this year. Fields that should have seen the combine harvester quite early in August were not cut until well into September.

So for the past few weeks these fields have been in stubble and they’re only being ploughed now for re-seeding. These late stubbles have been the scene of some exciting bird spectacles – large brown and white birds of prey hunting the margins and headlands and soaring high in the sky over the fields.