Autumn rooks

Autumn brings with it many new sounds, especially the evocative calls of wildfowl as they arrive in numbers on our estuaries and marshes. Perhaps overlooked and under appreciated though is the call of rooks at a rookery at this time of year. On a beautiful sunny day such as this it brings great joy to my heart, and this is when they look at their best with their gorgeous glossy black plumage. In many respects rooks are the true sound of autumn, just as skylarks are the sound of spring!