I am quite jammy, not as jammy as the gulleysucker but still pretty jammy.
I routinely get to see Red Kites, Buzzards, kestrels, herons, long-tailed tits in the hedges opposite my house, little owls on the roof, the occasional sparrowhawk which like to eat the goldfinches, blue tits & great tits that we feed in the garden. I've also seen Barn Owls in the field beyond the hedges & routinely hear Tawny's too. Chuck in the pair of peregrines that nest on top of the council offices in town & all told it's not too bad for birds down here...
I haven't seen any swallows or swifts yet (I've been in bed ill all bloody weekend) but I did hear a cuckoo on Wendesday evening.
I think the only stuff I miss out on that I liked to watch as a kid are the ducks, geese & swans that I used to watch at Martin Mere.
For my sins I too was in the Y.O.C. as a kid, I remember getting a blue plastic egg shaped money box when I joined