It’s always a surprise to me to see a bird of prey the size of a Buzzard on the ground searching for worms – I expect them to be soaring the skies hunting for much larger prey. But, when that larger prey is in short supply, worms will quell the hunger pangs.

This Buzzard was searching through the grass in a local horse field, a favourite place for many species of bird to look for food, presumably because the horse manure helps ensure a plentiful supply of worms and small invertebrates.