Out early to watch for kites in the Blaencaron valley I found a sheltered sunny niche and was having a fine time watching kites performing against the snowy backdrop of the Cambrian Hills when Ola! (as they don't say round these parts) a long winged raptor without a forked tail flew towards me: osprey flying NE, low down and right over my head!
Heard a willow tit singing down in the valley bottom another bonus.