My First Patch Hoopoe

Having heard about the local hoopoe last evening I was so pleased that it chose to stay around as firstly,  I've only ever seen one very distantly and secondly, I was unable to get out to see it until lunchtime today.    I'm grateful to our intrepid local birders who spent time this morning relocating it and as you can see it was well worth it.   Needless to say I took quite a few photos some of which follow.