I highly recommend anyone take the time to study the birds that they see on a regular basis. All of yesterday I decided to film the birds in slo-mo with my mobile phone. I wasn't even sure what breed of birds I was filming but today I was back making another video. This time I knew from yesterday all about the lovely gulls I now adore and feed instead of the crows. Crows are next because they are very good at aerobatics too.

Just an idea to film the birds coupled with the stellar results you get from a mobile (okay not broadcast quality), means that today I count myself as a budding ornithologist. Today I know that some of 'my gulls' could be 30+ years old.

So here are my feathered friends from today, eating fresh wholemeal bread I baked myself:

https://youtu.be/UmxZr1aihDQ?t=4m

I would urge others to use the gadget in their pocket to record and watch back in slo-mo what the birds do. It is a whole new world.