May 31st

It was a lovely morning, with bright sunshine and a blue sky, with a few white clouds, when we went out at 6.50 a.m.

As it is a Bank Holiday today, most dog walkers were still resting, or had gone away for the long weekend. So Llandaff Fields was 'empty'. We did not hear any raven calls until we came to the ravens field. 

Here, the Roman-nosed raaven met us as we walked towards the far end, the fence next to the allotments.

He got his scraps, ate them, and then flew off. He did come back as we were walking along the wall, and got some more.

Having put in quite a bit of training with Miss Sophie, we walked back to the spinney along the 'more food' way.

Just as we reached the footpath we need to cross to get into the big field, the bold raven turned up. 

He got his food - and he ate just one piece of scrap, storing the rest in his crop. When he flew off we walked back home.

Walking back, we noticed a raven at the bottom of the First field. He had his beak into the ground - I could not make out if he was retrieving food or hiding some.

Later that afternoon it had clouded over a bit, and as we went to Pontcanna Fields we noticed that the wind had picked up, coming from the E. It felt much colder than the sunshine had promised.

We only saw a few single ravens in the distance. They were right at the opposite end of Pontcanna Fields, miles away from the ravens nest. They did not approach us but flew off as soon as they saw us. They must be part of a different group.

There were quite a number of people about, playing cricket and kicking balls around. 

We did a bit of training and then went home.