My lovely, beautiful nan has passed away recently, she was the one to take us for walks and show us the birds and encouraged us outside when we were children.
Since she has gone I have seen birds of prey almost daily. I live in the city.
I have also seen a heron (not uncommon but still noteworthy) and a woodpecker.
Yesterday I was walking down a busy main road and a buzzard was sitting on a low branch of a tree, I thought it was an owl (would be a first) so I went for a closer look and it flew off to a nearby branch before flying away completely. It was HUGE! I've only ever seen them miles up in the sky, never ever that close. But I've seen 2 close this time and a great spotted woodpecker. These are the birds my nan taught us about. Coming through now is such a considerable coincidence I'm not sure it is one. I am the first person to roll their eyes at stuff like this but it is very, very unlikely to see these birds in the city and yet I've had almost 10 sitings without looking, on regular busy streets.
It's wonderful.