Others things that mostly elude our little camera...

We regularly see a pair (or more) of thrushes in the wood. They dart into the path about 20 to 25 feet in front of us but are very shy and we cannot get close enough to photograph them, which is very frustrating. We can hear them sing and know there are at least 2, but maybe 3 or 4?

The robins are beautiful and have a body language that says robin without having to see their red breast. They land on branches that seem tantalisingly close and the camera fails to catch them, poor old camera.

The chaffinches again are flighty and quick and just that little bit too far away to get a photograph of, but are beautiful to see darting around the trees.

The squirrels, at this time of year, spend most of their time higher in the trees and seem to find less reason to come to the ground. They are easier to photograph but the leaf canopy makes the lighting too dark to get good photographs. During autumn and winter more light gets through the trees and photography is easier, but the squirrels spend more time on the ground as well picking up the fallen fruits of the trees.


While the nettles now stand high and in flower they are forever accompanied by the friendly dock, whose leaves will ease the sting of the nettle.

Days like today are special in the wood though. We went up late and we saw no dog walkers. Not one. Very unusual and the birdsong was beautiful. I find I can only identify the song when I can see the bird and I hope this will improve as I spend more time now in the wood, so I will not tell you what we heard. Enough to say it was beautiful with only the birdsong breaking what otherwise would have been silence.