The Magpies seem to spend more time playing than any other birds in the area. We get a lot of visitors, Herons, Kestrels, Ducks, Crows, Seagulls (!), Wood Pigeons, Swifts, along with the regular garden birds. Sometimes they are even all (or most) in the same frame, but I never have the camera near at those times (I'm sure they wait for me to put the camera away before they really start to relax).

But of them all, the Magpies catch the eye more than most, with their fleeting flashes of contrast and colour. One day I will capture them in all their splendour, until then here is a glimpse.