Nightingale Wood...

Busy taking, editing and uploading pix. I’ve sorted out an itinerary for the next few days, including bluebell woods and nature reserves. Still drawing a blank on nightingales, except for listening to a two-part drama on the radio: Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons (who’s best known for Cold Comfort Farm). Her dialogue is wonderfully waspish. In one scene two characters are talking while a nightingale is singing in the background!

Pollarded tree and River Stour...

The river, a few minutes later, looking the other way... and an obliging mallard...