A surprise capture!

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It isn't a question, so apologies if it's the wrong forum but didn't know where else I could post this really! 
 Spent 2 weeks in Cornwall at the beginning of the month (Sept). Had a fab time with mixed weather, but plenty of wildlife! (Some pics in the galleries). 
 My most surprising shot however was of a magpie! I had been wanting to capture a magpie for some time now. Although they are abundant, they aren't particularly easy to get close to (or at least the ones I see aren't!!)! I saw this one near Holywell Bay and stopped the group I was with to get a picture. I thought he'd caught a worm in the sand dunes, so was most surprised to see when I looked at the picture to see that it was in fact a lizard!! Was pleased to have caught the moment!

Celia Lewis · Answer

This is my first time on here so hope this works OK. I have also been surprised by the actions of a magpie in my garden. It had been sitting on our fence behind the raised garden pond, there is a small walking space between the pond and the fence. All of a sudden the magpie seemed to fall down behind the pond. My husband and I crept out to see what had happened to it and were completely surprised to find that it had actually caught a mouse. It must have been watching the mouse from the fence and dropped straight down on it. The magpie then flew up onto the garage roof at the end of the garden and started to eat the mouse.