Hello Neil, enjoy your posts, keep them coming! The bird looks to be a Magpie- lark to me and the yellow flowering plant to be a major weed called gorse- huge weed pest as almost indestructible. Cheers.

Thanks Coora for adding to my bird and plant identification skills. Yellow blooms do look nice even if they are weeds. Thank you also for your kind words on my wanderings - very enjoyable and good exercise. Neil.