I am always amazed at what you can see when traveling by train, I am also amazed at what most of the other travelers miss.

Take this week on my 20 minute train journey from Ely to Cambridge I can get quite a total on my list, it is almost like traveling in  a mobile hide so far on Monday’s journey home I listed 1 buzzard, 12 roe deer, flock of fieldfares, 1 marsh harrier and 1 female merlin.

The following morning, two roe deer, 1 barn owl, in the evening trip home, roe deer and marsh harrier, this morning 1 buzzard, 1 barn owl, now take in to account it is only just getting light by the time we are approaching Cambridge in the mornings I am expecting the list to get better as the mornings get lighter.

I am sure there is more that I miss, but I always enjoy my train journeys as I can wildlife spot even if the train can be a bit packed.

Common Buzzard