fine weather coming

the first fine sunset for a month or so, the harbinger of some fine weather perhaps.

bird life

we saw a lot of birds in the woods today; it is much easier to see them before the leaf canopy forms. Many of the small birds are very elusive and camera shy, but this robin was quite happy to perform for us.

wood anenomes

the first wood anemones are appearing by the stream between Latchley and Luckett about three weeks earlier than last year (see link). Along with plastic bottles, plastic bags, polystyrene containers and any other garbage worth chucking out of your car.

also singing yesterday

the sparrow and the blue tit, more like drowning today than singing.

simon and the wolf

two events took place last night, a concert of violin, cello and singing in the Old School by Sarah Trickey and Simon Wallfisch, and the lunar eclipse; which of these was more beautiful or spectacular is hard to say but they reflected well on one another and we heard the music of the spheres.

occasional visitors

wrens are normally seen on the ground but the male wren is beginning to mark out his territory by singing from a vantage point. The male bullfinch is a very infrequent visitor probably because they were much persecuted for the damage they do to fruit trees.