This is what springtime skies should be - flocks of migrating storks not "killer swarms" of Iranian attack drones and ICBMs. The sound of swallows and swifts on the wing, songbirds in the trees, not the sounds of war.

Grateful for these moments of reprieve.

(Photos taken over my home a couple of years ago, view of assorted migrating birds from today while I was out in the garden birdwatching with the kids)